209. 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
Solution:
Parallelism + Idiom
Not so much by A as by B is the correct usage. Hence, D.
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(A) but instead
(B) rather than
(C) than
(D) as
(E) so much as
Solution:
Parallelism + Idiom
Not so much by A as by B is the correct usage. Hence, D.
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