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17. For all his professed disdain of such activities, Auden was an inveterate literary gossip.
(A) For all his professed disdain of such activities
(B) Having always professed disdain for such activities
(C) All such activities were, he professed, disdained, and
(D) Professing that all such activities were disdained
(E) In spite of professions of disdaining all such activities
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29 Oct 2005, 06:07

A is concise and phrased in the active voice.

For all...s-thing...s-body was... is idiomatic

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nakib77 wrote:

(E) changes the meaning of original question---> definitely out
"professed" is an adjective which supports "disdain"; C and D break that function of " professed" ----> out.
Between A and B, A is more concise.
A it is.

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29 Oct 2005, 23:14

A also claims that Auden was a hypocrite. Any literary buffs out there that can confirm this?

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A also claims that Auden was a hypocrite. Any literary buffs out there that can confirm this?

Is it talking about WH. Auden???? :shock:

....A hypocrite?!!!!

I too admire his poem " After reading a guide book to Modern Physics for children" ( the title is too long to recall verbatim :oops:

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OA is A. great job guys.
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05 Nov 2005, 04:14

<b>A</b> is the best of the bunch because the other answer choices are too screwed up :-D

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