bhatiamanu05 wrote:
Hi,
Do we not require a opposite clause in case of Not so much?
I go with E. can you plz explain?
Dear
bhatiamanu05,
I'm happy to respond.
The structure "
not such much P as Q" definitely puts two elements in parallel. Those elements could be nouns, adjective, prepositional phrases, clauses, participial phrases, etc. Here, in choice
(E), they are two infinitive phrases. As long as P & Q have the same grammatical form, the parallelism works. Here are some examples.
Two nouns:
For dinner, I want not so much soup as stew. Two adjectives:
He is not so much clever as resourceful. Prepositional phrase:
She drove to the train station not so much in a rush as with a clear sense of purpose.
In all of these, there is an
implied clause following the word "
as."
For dinner, I want not so much soup as I want stew.
She drove to the train station not so much in a rush as she drove to the train station with a clear sense of purposeIn those versions, I have included the words that fill out the second clause. Notice, those versions would NEVER be correct on the GMAT, because they are bloated and wordy and awkward. The sleek and concise versions above would be preferable. Dropping repeated words in parallel is not only acceptable but absolutely necessary in terms of the GMAT's standards of rhetoric. See:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2013/dropping-c ... -the-gmat/Does all this make sense?
Mike
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