Child prodigies

[soumyopriyosaha]

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

[dmitriyaleyev]

(A) but instead
(B) rather than
(C) than
(D) as
(E) so much as


A) not so much...but instead - not a right structure
B) not so much .... rather than - illogical in this sentence
C) not so much .... than - not a right structure
D) not so much... as.... blahblahblah...... Im not so much disgusted by Obama himself as by his populism
E) not so much as .......not so much as ????? whats that?

Ans. D

[sars72]

the correct idiom is not so much X as Y

Hence the answer is D

[vscid]

the correct idiom is not so much X as Y

Hence the answer is D

yeah clear D.

[soumyopriyosaha]

OA is D.