aspirant2011 wrote:According to the professor's philosophy, the antidote to envy is one's own work, always one's own work: not thinking about it, not assessing it, but simply doing it.
(A) one's own work, always one's own work: not thinking about it, not assessing it, but simply doing it
(B) always work; because you don't think about it or assess it, you just do it
(C) always one's own work: not thinking about or assessing it, but simply to do it
(D) not to think or assess, but doing one's own work
(E) neither to think about one's own work nor to assess it, it is always simply doing it

[spoiler]OA: after some discussion. I have one doubt which I am basically looking to be clarified.[/spoiler]

B. one's .... you = wrong
C. not thinking ... but .. to do = not parallel
D. not to think ... but doing = not parallel
E. it does not have clear antecedent, always is redundant

IMO A

Hi Tetura,

I have a doubt i.e don't you feel that in first option usage of "one's own work" twice is redundant??????

aspirant2011 wrote:Hi Tetura,

I have a doubt i.e don't you feel that in first option usage of "one's own work" twice is redundant??????

Hi Aspirant,
I believe choice A is wrongly written, if you notice, it is not exactly same as the underlined portion in the question.
While answering this question, I just considered what we have in the underlined portion as choice A (and not what is written in choice A).

I agree if I consider separately choice A, one's own work is redundant.

one more for A because of parallelism. what is the OA?

aspirant2011 wrote:According to the professor's philosophy, the antidote to envy is one's own work, always one's own work: not thinking about it, not assessing it, but simply doing it.
(A) one's own work, always one's own work: not thinking about it, not assessing it, but simply doing it
(B) always work; because you don't think about it or assess it, you just do it
(C) always one's own work: not thinking about or assessing it, but simply to do it
(D) not to think or assess, but doing one's own work
(E) neither to think about one's own work nor to assess it, it is always simply doing it

[spoiler]OA: after some discussion. I have one doubt which I am basically looking to be clarified.[/spoiler]

What is the source? Sentencen looks little offtrack..

Hi Tetura,

I have corrected the underlined part..................


yup OA is A........................and its a SC 1000 question............can anyone confirm whether "one's own work" in A option is redundant or not????

Redundant but not grammatically incorrect -- you can give additional details and clarifications by restating noun phrases with more information.

That woman, my girlfriend, is very talented.

I don't think the GMAT would test this in this way (this kind of repetition is more of a rhetorical device, and the GMAT isn't a fan of, well, style), but apposition is definitely fair game in SC.

Thanks a lot Jim

a. One's own work, always one's own work: not thinking about it, not assessing it, but simply doing it. All three are parallel. Correct
b. always work; because you don't think about it or assess it, you just do it.
Semicolon is wrongly used here. If we use semicolon then there is no need of using because(sub- ordinating conjuction...used for introducing dependent clause)
c. always one's own work: not thinking about or assessing it, but simply to do it.
the three elements are not parallel. Simply doing it shoud be used.
d. not to think or assess, but doing one's own work .
This changes the meaning of the statement.
e. neither to think about one's own work nor to assess it, it is always simply doing it.
This also changes the meaning of statement.
Hence, a is the answer.