Sentence Correction

ansh.kumar wrote:According to the professor's philosophy, the antidote to envy is one's own work, always one's own work: not thinking about it, not assessing it, but simply doing it.

(A) one's own work, always one's own work: not thinking about it, not assessing it, but simply doing it - wordy.ELIMINATE

(B) always work; because you don't think about it or assess it, you just do it - CORRECT

(C) always one's own work: not thinking about or assessing it, but simply to do it - lack of parallelism. should be doing. ELIMINATE

(D) not to think or assess, but doing one's own work - not to think or assess what?? - misplaced modifier. ELIMINATE

(E) neither to think about one's own work nor to assess it, it is always simply doing it - lack of parallelism . ELIMINATE

According to the professor's philosophy, the antidote to envy is one's own work, always one's own work: not thinking about it, not assessing it, but simply doing it.

(A) one's own work, always one's own work: not thinking about it, not assessing it, but simply doing it

(B) always work; because you don't think about it or assess it, you just do it

(C) always one's own work: not thinking about or assessing it, but simply to do it

(D) not to think or assess, but doing one's own work

(E) neither to think about one's own work nor to assess it, it is always simply doing it

viidyasagar wrote:

According to the professor's philosophy, the antidote to envy is one's own work, always one's own work: not thinking about it, not assessing it, but simply doing it.

(A) one's own work, always one's own work: not thinking about it, not assessing it, but simply doing it

(B) always work; because you don't think about it or assess it, you just do it

(C) always one's own work: not thinking about or assessing it, but simply to do it

(D) not to think or assess, but doing one's own work

(E) neither to think about one's own work nor to assess it, it is always simply doing it

A is wordy but is the best of the lot. Had C contained "simply doing it" instead of "simply to do it", C would have been good

B has a semi colon error and a slight change in meaning.

I think the philosophy is preachy in nature about how one should really view one's work. B is not preachy, it simply states the philosophy as a matter of fact