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On this [site](http://japanesetest4you.com/japanese-language-proficiency-test-
jlpt-n2-grammar-exercise-1/), I came across this JLPT N2 question:

> これはシンプルで _______ 純粋で魅力的なスピーチです
>
>   1. あってながら
>   2. あるながら
>   3. ありながら
>   4. ありながらも
>

I chose 4 while 3 is correct.

I was having difficulties choosing between 3 and 4. 1 and 2 are blatantly
wrong. I eventually went with 4 because I always thought that も adds some
"strength" or "emphasis", as in よりも sounds stronger than より

> 地球よりも大きい **Even** bigger than the Earth

So I thought ながらも works similarly in that it expresses a stronger 逆接 sentence.

> This is an **even** though simple, but pure and charming speech.

I know the English sounds weird but the point is, I thought that も adds that
word "even" there. I thought this would be appropriate here because the two
things here are _very_ contradictory.

I looked the ながら grammar up and all I could find were sites like
[this](https://www.renshuu.org/grammar/405/%E3%81%AA%E3%81%8C%E3%82%89%20\(%E3%82%82\)),
which don't point out what different the も makes. The linked site seems to put
も in parentheses as if to say that it's optional.

いったいなぜ３が正解なんですか？
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What is the difference between でありながらも and でありながら?
> これはシンプルで _______ 純粋{じゅんすい}で魅力的{みりょくてき}なスピーチです
>
> 1) **あって** ながら
>
> 2) **ある** ながら
>
> 3) ありながら
>
> 4) ありながら **も**

I know nothing about JLPT, but assuming that one is required to select the
"best" answer instead of all of the "correct or feasible" answers, then I
would feel that 3) would be the best or at least the most feasible answer.

First of all, 1) and 2) are **_not_** even grammatical, so they should be put
aside from the start.

The choice between 3) without the emphatic 「も」 and 4) with should be made by
assessing the amount of contrast between 「シンプル」 and 「純粋で魅力的」. Would most
people consider these two sets of qualities truly antithetical to each other?
If so, 4) with 「も」 would be the best (or most feasible) answer.

I, for one, do **_not_** think there exists "enough" antitheticality between
those two sets of qualities to use the emphatic 「ありながら **も** 」 to connect
them. I would feel differently, though, if the two had been 「シンプル」 and
something like 「奥{おく}が深{ふか}い」 ("profound").

Admittedly, where to draw the line bewteen the ありながら and ありながら **も**
territories might indeed depend too heavily upon each individual's subjective
judgement. If I could legally sue particles in the future, I would sue 「も」
first and foremost.

In the meantime, I just do not see enough unpredictability between 「シンプル」 and
「純粋で魅力的」 to use a 「も」. To me, 「純粋」 is so closely related to 「シンプル」. The two
sets of qualities this time simply do not surprise me enough to make the use
of 「も」 very valid.
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