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sankruth wrote: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he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than, many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and his poetry is unpublished.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Although he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than, many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and his poetry is unpublished.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he is as gifted, if not more gifted, than many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and with his poetry remaining unpublished.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(E) Being a gifted as, or more gifted than, many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and his poetry is unpublished.

How to resolve this sentence?

We can quickly narrow it down to (A) and (C) from the first part of each sentence; "as gifted as" and "more gifted than" are the proper idiomatic expressions. (E) gets eliminated because starting with "being" changes the meaning of the sentence - we need a contrast word to keep the original meaning (furthermore, the GMAT hates the verb "being").

(A) vs (C) is a tougher call. Both are gramatically correct and (C) might be tempting, as the last part of the sentence may sound better to the ear.

(C), however, changes the meaning of the original sentence. From the original, we have no idea why his poetery is unpublished. It's possible that it's because of his modesty, but that connection isn't established in the original - he could remain unpublished for many other reasons.

Therefore, (A) should be the accredited choice (I say "should be" because, depending on where you got the question, (C) may mistakenly be accredited).

OPTION A.
There was much of contemplation between this option and option C.
The ending part of the two sentences required so much critical attention.
Option A gives the best analysis and best constructive part. Thus, this is the correct answer.

Option B.
This option is incorrect, it should be 'as gifted as' and not 'as gifted'
This makes this option incorrect.

Option C.
The larger part of this sentence is correct but the ending part is more inferior to that of option A, thus we go for a better construction thus this option is correct.

Option D.
Awkward sentence construction at the beginning of the sentence because of the use of 'despite his being gifted' it makes no proper meaning and thus makes the option incorrect.

Option E.
This option is never considered as part of the possible choice because it begins with 'Being' technically incorrect