2011mbaspirant wrote:OAs to follow:
1. Although he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and his poetry is unpublished.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Although he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and his poetry is unpublished.-----It disconnects the sentence as we know action should be performed by him but over here it's not clear whether he didn't publish his poetry or whether automatically the same didn't get published
(B) Although he is as gifted, if not more gifted, than many of his colleagues,he is extremely modest with his poetry remaining unpublished.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 not published 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(E) Being as gifted as, or more gifted than, many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and his poetry is unpublished.

2. Though garlic is often associated with Italian cuisine, it is actually the use of oregano which most distinguishes the Italians from the French.
(A) which most distinguishes the Italians from the French
(B) which primarily distinguishes Italians from Frenchmen
(C) which generally serves to distinguish an Italian sauce from a French one
(D) which is the major distinction between the two great cuisines
(E) which most distinguishes Italian cookery from French

I don't think so that the above sentence is correctly written because comma should be before which

3. In the Renaissance, painters were so impressed with da Vinci that they ignored their own training and designate as a masterpiece anything he painted.

(A) were so impressed with da Vinci that they ignored----makes sentence unparallel
(B) were impressed with da Vinci to such an extent that they were to ignore
(C) were so impressed with da Vinci as to ignore
(D) were so impressed with da Vinci that they had to ignore
(E) were as impressed with da Vinci as to ignore----awkward bec we need something which gives reason

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 Although he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and his poetry is unpublished.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Although he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and his poetry is unpublished.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

2. Though garlic is often associated with Italian cuisine, it is actually the use of oregano which most distinguishes the Italians from the French.
(A) which most distinguishes the Italians from the French
(B) which primarily distinguishes Italians from Frenchmen
(C) which generally serves to distinguish an Italian sauce from a French one
(D) which is the major distinction between the two great cuisines
(E) which most distinguishes Italian cookery from French

aspirant2011 wrote:I have one doubt I.e is distinguish x from y the right idiom????

2011mbaspirant wrote::
2. E;what is wrong with D?