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by soumyopriyosaha » Mon Feb 01, 2010 10:57 am
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
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by dmitriyaleyev » Mon Feb 01, 2010 11:12 am
(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
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by sars72 » Mon Feb 01, 2010 12:04 pm
the correct idiom is not so much X as Y

Hence the answer is D
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by vscid » Mon Feb 01, 2010 4:27 pm
sars72 wrote:the correct idiom is not so much X as Y

Hence the answer is D
yeah clear D.
The GMAT is indeed adaptable. Whenever I answer RC, it proficiently 'adapts' itself to mark my 'right' answer 'wrong'.
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by soumyopriyosaha » Tue Feb 02, 2010 9:23 am
OA is D.
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