Which is the best version of this sentence?
a) contrary to most other reviewers, john crutchley found director terence malick's film to be slow, to be really boring, and (worst of all) predictable.
eliminate
b) contrary to most other reviewers, john crutchley found director terence malick's film to be slow, it was really boring, and (worst of all) predicatable.
c) contrary to most other reviewers, john crutchley found director terence malick's film to be slow, excruciatingly boring, and (worst of all) predictable.
d) contrary to most other reviewers, john crutchley found director terence malick's film slow, to be excruciatingly boring, and (worst of all) predictable.

The correct answer is C) Contrary to most other reviewers, John Crutchley found director Terence Malick's film to be slow, excruciatingly boring, and (worst of all) predictable.

Explanation:

In writing, it is recommended to use the same grammatical structure for introducing elements of the same importance or kind; this is known as parallelism or parallel structure. This implies, in the sentence presented the best is to use three adjectives to describe the film, and therefore the best version is option C because, in this, the film is described as "to be slow, excruciatingly boring, and (worst of all) predictable". Moreover, in other sentences, there is no repetition of the same structure or parallelism and this is not ideal.

in "letter from a birmingham jail," king argues that there are four basic steps in any nonviolent campaign: "[c]ollection of the facts to determine whether injustices exist; negotiation; self purification; and direct action." finally, direct action is taken and acts such as boycotts and sit-ins are staged.

a, b, and c are all correct.