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Although he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than, many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and his poetry is unpublished.


(A) Although he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than, many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and his poetry is unpublished.

(B) Although he is as gifted, if not more gifted, than many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and with his poetry remaining unpublished.

(C) Although he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than, many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and will not publish his poetry.

(D) Despite his being gifted, if not more gifted than his colleagues, he is extremely modest and will not publish his poetry.

(E) Being a gifted as, or more gifted than, many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and his poetry is unpublished.
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Originally posted by noboru on 18 Aug 2009, 11:19.
Last edited by Bunuel on 13 May 2018, 10:05, edited 2 times in total.
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Re: Although he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than, many of his coll [#permalink] New post   07 Jul 2018, 05:26
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Although he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than, many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and his poetry is unpublished

(A) Although he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than, many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and his poetry is unpublished.


(B) Although he is as gifted, if not more gifted, than many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and with his poetry remaining unpublished.

(C) Although he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than, many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and will not publish his poetry.


(D) Despite his being gifted, if not more gifted than his colleagues, he is extremely modest and will not publish his poetry.

(E) Being a gifted as, or more gifted than, many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and his poetry is unpublished.

Let us take this short route to solve this question. Look at the construction:

Although he is X, he is also Y, and (therefore) he will not do Z. The part after the conjunction 'and' should be one that he himself does. Therefore, we can safely remove, e A, B and E. Between C and D, we can simply kick out D for using 'being' as a modifier. C remains.
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Re: Although he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than, many of his coll [#permalink] New post   20 May 2012, 12:44
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Active or passive comparison works between two sentences that have same intended meaning. Here, C is changing the meaning of original sentence. I can't say which one is the intended meaning of the sentence.

I don't think, in any of GMAT questions, either of the potentially correct options can change the actual meaning of actual sentence, although best option makes it more explicit in meaning and grammatically correct besides removing any redundant word.

I have seen so many 1000-series questions with disputed answers that I am loosing my trust from these questions.
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Re: Although he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than, many of his coll [#permalink] New post   19 Aug 2009, 03:50
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noboru wrote:
82. Although he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than, many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and his poetry is unpublished.
(A) Although he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than, many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and his poetry is unpublished.
(B) Although he is as gifted, if not more gifted, than many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and with his poetry remaining unpublished.
(C) Although he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than, many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and will not publish his poetry.
(D) Despite his being gifted, if not more gifted than his colleagues, he is extremely modest and will not publish his poetry.
(E) Being a gifted as, or more gifted than, many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and his poetry is unpublished.


He is extremely modest so he has no trust to himself so that his poetry will not be published although he is gifted . I hope this helps.
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(A) Although he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than, many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and his poetry is unpublished.

can be considered, but c is even better

(B) Although he is as gifted, if not more gifted, than many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and with his poetry remaining unpublished.

and with his poetry remaining unpublished- sentence looks incomplete
(C) Although he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than, many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and will not publish his poetry.

correct option

(D) Despite his being gifted, if not more gifted than his colleagues, he is extremely modest and will not publish his poetry.

awkward usage
(E) Being a gifted as, or more gifted than, many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and his poetry is unpublished.
being a gifted- is awkward , does not make sense
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Re: Although he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than, many of his coll [#permalink] New post   12 May 2012, 11:38
He is extremely modest so his poetry will not be published.

Choice C
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Re: Although he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than, many of his coll [#permalink] New post   14 May 2012, 11:23
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C is a better option than A because in C it is explicitly mentioned that he is the one who is not publishing the poetry .In C it can be taken for example that the publishing company is not publishing his poetry .Hope this helps .
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Re: Although he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than, many of his coll [#permalink] New post   28 Aug 2012, 15:52
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Diff bxn A & C : is in the latter half

(A) .............he is extremely modest and his poetry is unpublished = Parallelism broken

(C) ..............he is extremely modest and will not publish his poetry = Parallelism Intact

C : He is modest.......... AND...........He will not publish = Parallelism scores

Thuc C outweighs A.
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Re: Although he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than, many of his coll [#permalink] New post   24 Jul 2016, 02:19
noboru wrote:
82. Although he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than, many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and his poetry is unpublished.

(A) Although he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than, many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and his poetry is unpublished.
(B) Although he is as gifted, if not more gifted, than many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and with his poetry remaining unpublished.
(C) Although he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than, many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and will not publish his poetry.
(D) Despite his being gifted, if not more gifted than his colleagues, he is extremely modest and will not publish his poetry.
(E) Being a gifted as, or more gifted than, many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and his poetry is unpublished.




Although he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than, many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and will not publish his poetry.

Correct answer will be (C)
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Re: Although he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than, many of his coll [#permalink] New post   06 Jul 2018, 06:48
"C (over A)

look at although, a contrast, …he is good,

Although he is good, his poems are unpublished

Although he is good, he will not publish his poems

Both are OK (equally good);

Now look at this,

Although he is good, he is too modest and his poems are unpublished

Although he is good, he is too modest and he will not publish his poems

clearly, the 2nd option makes more sense here.
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Re: Although he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than, many of his coll [#permalink] New post   13 Jul 2021, 04:38
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as gifted as drill down to two option (A) and (B)

with
(A) he is extremely modest and his poetry is unpublished.
His is a third person singular possessive determiner.
His is also a possessive pronoun.
You use his to indicate that something belongs or relates to a man, boy, or male animal

here HIS can not indicated to unpublished poetry

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(C)he is extremely modest and will not publish his poetry.
AND gives additional information about HE i.e he will not publish his poerty

hope it makes sense :)
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If the sentence is trying to say "his modesty is the reason he won't publish his poetry", then C is certainly the best answer. But I'm not sure how we're meant to know that's the intended meaning of the sentence. Answer A is just as well-written as C (neither is amazingly well-written, but they're equal), and answer A means something perfectly meaningful too: the sentence might be trying to say "He is gifted, but he is modest and has not yet had much success", which is roughly what A says. So I don't see any particularly compelling reason to prefer one answer to the other (the rest of the answers are clearly wrong, however). Posts above that rule out A because it's passive ("his poetry is unpublished") are not correct -- this is a situation where a passive construction is more natural in English than an active one ("no one has published his poetry" would be a less idiomatic and wordier way to say "his poetry is unpublished").
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Re: Although he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than, many of his coll [#permalink] New post   22 Jul 2023, 07:36
I am not clear logically about the correct answer. Can anyone post stepwise process to navigate to the correct answer choice.
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