Sentence Correction

Work that is not finished is not work at all, it is merely a botch, a failure.
A. all, it is merely a botch, a failure.
B. all, it is a botch merely, and a failure.
C. all; it is merely a botch, a failure.
D. all; the work merely is a botch and a failure.
E. all; the work being merely a botch, a failure.

OA after discussion.
Happy Thoughts

My intuition says (C). "a failure" properly modifies "a botch". This is a case of a noun modifying another noun.

It can't be (E) because semicolons are used to separate two clauses. There is no verb in the second clause.

To use "the work" instead of the pronoun "it" makes it sound repetitive and wordy. So (D) is out.

"Botch merely" is incorrect. So (B) is out.

You can't separate two clauses with just a comma. So (A) is out.

mail.SuhailSharma wrote:Work that is not finished is not work at all, it is merely a botch, a failure.
A. all, it is merely a botch, a failure.
B. all, it is a botch merely, and a failure.
C. all; it is merely a botch, a failure.
D. all; the work merely is a botch and a failure.
E. all; the work being merely a botch, a failure.

OA after discussion.
Happy Thoughts

A,B -- run on setences.

E - being wrong
D -- wordy. "the work" can be replaced by "it"

C is the best.

x2suresh wrote:

mail.SuhailSharma wrote:Work that is not finished is not work at all, it is merely a botch, a failure.
A. all, it is merely a botch, a failure.
B. all, it is a botch merely, and a failure.
C. all; it is merely a botch, a failure.
D. all; the work merely is a botch and a failure.
E. all; the work being merely a botch, a failure.

OA after discussion.
Happy Thoughts

A,B -- run on setences.

E - being wrong
D -- wordy. "the work" can be replaced by "it"

C is the best.

Agree with C

Suhail,
You are posting a really good questions.

Keep it up. but can you please let us know the source?

Thanks mate !

100% (C)

A. all, it is merely a botch, a failure.

C. all; it is merely a botch, a failure.

I am really confused between A and C . Can some one please explain the difference and what is run on sentence.

Thanks in advance

IMO A.

C is wrong IMO.

i am hundred percent sure about C

logic-
after at all, a semicolon must be used to state a following sentence which on its own is also meaningful
A,B are eliminated because of the missing semicolon
among C D and E only C is grammatically consistent

what is the difference between A and C?

I also agree with C. The sentence can be logically broken into different sentences, but since it is not the ';' must be present.

OA-C