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PostSun Mar 25, 2007 5:13 pm
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Need help with this question. It is pretty confusing...

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PostSun Mar 25, 2007 8:02 pm
The answer seems to be B
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PostSun Apr 01, 2007 5:19 pm
The above question, among other things, is testing the idiom usage-

Not so much X as Y

Hence A is correct.
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PostMon Apr 02, 2007 11:19 pm
This is a classic case of "the original sentence doesn't sound good, so most people will cross it off and pick something else." This happens on harder questions - they're trying to trick you! (This is also a more obscure idiom, so more evidence that this is a harder question.)

(Oh - Badri - B is what the tester picked, not the correct answer.)
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PostTue Apr 03, 2007 1:29 am
Whats wrong with A...It falls perfectly into sense....Whats the OA guys?
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PostTue Apr 03, 2007 3:11 pm
The answer is A
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