Multiple choice

Directions: In the given question, select the option that expresses the central idea in the most clear,x concise and correct manner.

  1. He is as gifted, if not more gifted, than many of his colleagues.

  2. He is so gifted, if not more gifted, than many of his colleagues.

  3. He is as gifted, if not more gifted, as many of his colleagues.

  4. He is being as gifted, if not more gifted, than many of his colleagues.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The best expression would have been 'as gifted as, if not more gifted than'. But no option uses this form. Yet the correlative conjunction 'as gifted as' has to be completed. “Than' can be omitted in the case of conditional clause.

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