Which sentence correctly uses profuse in context describing an author?

• A. The prolific author published ten novels last year.
• B. The author was prolific because the garden grew well.
• C. The project was prolific with delays.
• D. The student wrote prolific essays.

Answer: (C)

When talking about how much someone produces, use a word that signals high output. Profuse describes abundance of something, but it’s not used to describe a person; you’d say someone is profuse in praise or write something profusely, not that a person is profuse. For an author, the natural choice is prolific—meaning they produce a lot of work. So the best way to express this idea is: The prolific author published ten novels last year. This clearly links the author to their high rate of writing. The other options awkwardly pair the idea of productivity with unrelated causes or contexts, or shift the focus away from describing the author's output.