ankit0uc Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 1. 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 © 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitzi Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 my pick is A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vineejay Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 what is the OA?.. the answer is definitely between A and B ..:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACETARGET Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 IMO - A A- Correct Modifier. I guess choice B changes the literal meaning of modifier , this part of the sentence uses the word "always" . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearbull Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Having always professed disdain for such activities, Auden was an inveterate literary gossip. this would mean auden had professes disdain . (activity over) then auden was an inveterate literary gossip . Hence A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effective_factor Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 A? how ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ankit0uc Posted November 18, 2008 Author Share Posted November 18, 2008 OA is A IMO, these two clauses are joined by conjunction, if we just reverse the order then A makes perfect sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitzi Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 As a conjunction, 'for' has the meaning of 'because'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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