Suppressing Node Construction with null
using System; using System.Linq; using System.Collections; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Xml; using System.Xml.Linq; public class MainClass { public static void Main() { IEnumerable<XElement> elements =new XElement[] {new XElement("Element", "A"),new XElement("Element", "B")}; XElement xElement = new XElement("RootElement", elements.Select(e => (string)e != "A" ? new XElement(e.Name, (string)e) : null)); Console.WriteLine(xElement); } }