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by pappueshwar » Wed Mar 14, 2012 9:09 am
Most insomnia is not an illness or a physical condition so much as a symptom of another problem that may simply be a reaction to certain medications, anxiety about travel, or stress before a job interview.

A. an illness or a physical condition so much as a symptom of another problem that may simply be a reaction to certain medications

B. an illness or a physical condition so much as symptomatic of another problem that may be a simple one, like a reaction caused by certain medications

C. so much an illness or a physical condition but a symptom of another problem that may be as simple as when certain medications cause a reaction

D. so much an illness or a physical condition, but it is a symptom of another problem, maybe a simple one like certain medications
causing a reaction

E. so much an illness or a physical condition but symptomatic of another problem, maybe simply a reaction to certain medications.

OA IS A WHY IS C INCORRECT
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by GmatKiss » Wed Mar 14, 2012 12:44 pm
pappueshwar wrote:Most insomnia is not an illness or a physical condition so much as a symptom of another problem that may simply be a reaction to certain medications, anxiety about travel, or stress before a job interview.

A. an illness or a physical condition so much as a symptom of another problem that may simply be a reaction to certain medications

B. an illness or a physical condition so much as symptomatic of another problem that may be a simple one, like a reaction caused by certain medications - PASSIVE

C. so much an illness or a physical condition but a symptom of another problem that may be as simple as when certain medications cause a reaction

D. so much an illness or a physical condition, but it is a symptom of another problem, maybe a simple one like certain medications
causing a reaction

E. so much an illness or a physical condition but symptomatic of another problem, maybe simply a reaction to certain medications.

OA IS A WHY IS C INCORRECT
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by vikram4689 » Wed Mar 14, 2012 3:08 pm
What is the source...
OA E at https://www.beatthegmat.com/insomnia-t40559.html
Explanation by btg760 seems good but that can be applied to A as well.
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by shekhar.kataria » Thu Mar 15, 2012 5:30 pm
What is the source of THE Question??

Below link has OA as E and here OA as A. Please reconfirm your answer.

I too believe that the answer should be E.

vikram4689 wrote:What is the source...
OA A at https://www.beatthegmat.com/insomnia-t40559.html
Explanation by btg760 seems good but that can be applied to A as well.
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by vikram4689 » Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:35 pm
Typo corrected, what your reasoning for E
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by patanjali.purpose » Sat Mar 17, 2012 4:19 am
pappueshwar wrote:Most insomnia is not an illness or a physical condition so much as a symptom of another problem that may simply be a reaction to certain medications, anxiety about travel, or stress before a job interview.

A. an illness or a physical condition so much as a symptom of another problem that may simply be a reaction to certain medications

B. an illness or a physical condition so much as symptomatic of another problem that may be a simple one, like a reaction caused by certain medications

C. so much an illness or a physical condition but a symptom of another problem that may be as simple as when certain medications cause a reaction

D. so much an illness or a physical condition, but it is a symptom of another problem, maybe a simple one like certain medications
causing a reaction

E. so much an illness or a physical condition but symptomatic of another problem, maybe simply a reaction to certain medications.

OA IS A WHY IS C INCORRECT
NOT X...BUT Y is a phrase; It has many variations:
1) NOT ONLY X...BUT ALSO Y;
2) NOT ONLY X...BUT Y...
3) NOT SO X...BUT Y..

Drop A/B

D - IT after BUT breaks parallism (NOT ..AN ILLNESS...BUT IT IS {NOT ..NOUN..BUT..CLAUSE}); 2nd problem is the use of LIKE (use SUCH AS when we intend to give examples)

C - when certain medications cause a reaction - CLAUSE, anxiety about travel - NOUN, or stress before a job interview - NOUN; these 3 elements are not parallel

E - is the best (though SYMPTOMATIC is slightly awkward compared with A SYMBOL); The last 3 elements are all NOUN PHRASES. IMO
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by happymanocha » Sat Mar 17, 2012 4:48 pm
Is "So much as" idiomatically correct? I read somewhere this is not the correct idiom.
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