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Pokh Posted 15 years ago
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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he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than, many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and his poetry is unpublished.

2.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.

ETS prefers sentence 2 over sentence 1..I don't find any difference... Can someone help me out?

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Although he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than, many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and his poetry is unpublished. The decision not to publish is not explicitly said to be his. 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.

— Clive

  • Although he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than, many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and his poetry is unpublished.
  • The decision not to publish is not explicitly said to be his.
  • 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.
  • The decision not to publish is his.
  • I don't find any difference...
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Hi,

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he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than, many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and his poetry is unpublished. The decision not to publish is not explicitly said to be his.

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