Child prodigies

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Child prodigies

by crackgmat007 » Thu May 28, 2009 3:48 pm
Child prodigies are marked not so much by their skills but instead by the fact that these skills are fully developed at a very early age.
(A) but instead
(B) rather than
(C) than
(D) as
(E) so much as


OA - D Pls explain

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Re: Child prodigies

by cata1yst » Thu May 28, 2009 4:21 pm
crackgmat007 wrote:Child prodigies are marked not so much by their skills but instead by the fact that these skills are fully developed at a very early age.
(A) but instead
(B) rather than
(C) than
(D) as
(E) so much as


OA - D Pls explain

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by leaonae » Thu May 28, 2009 5:11 pm
The question tests the idiom 'not so much .. as".

Only one option, (D) uses the correct idiom. Others are don't sound good to me.