Problem: Continue the following story.

The couple decided to put in a new installation of a hottub instead of a bathtub because the
OPTIONS:
- hottub was too expensive.
- bathtub was too expensive.
Here's how I want to continue it: bathtub was too expensive.

Problem: Continue the following story.

Grace hooked the dogs up to the sled with cording instead of rope, because the
OPTIONS:
- rope was fraying.
- cording was fraying.
Here's how I want to continue it: rope was fraying.

Problem: Continue the following story.

Lonnie put mortar between the bricks with a spatula instead of a trowel, because the
OPTIONS:
- spatula was inefficient.
- trowel was inefficient.
Here's how I want to continue it:
trowel was inefficient.