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Even though some people believe that biographers can do justice to their works only if they like their subjects , the truth is that biographers need to like their subjects not as a person but only as a subject.

A. need to like their subjects not as a person but only as a subject
B. need not like them as people but should like them as subject
C. need to not like their subjects as people but rather like them as subjects
D. need to like their subjects not as a person but rather as a subject
E. need not like their subjects as people but as subjects
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in option D, is 'but rather' correct usage?
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Hi

Can someone please highlight the usage of "but rather" in general and also mention a few examples?
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in option D, is 'but rather' correct usage?
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not x but Y
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not X but rather Y

Both above are correct usages.
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Can someone please highlight the usage of "but rather" in general and also mention a few examples?
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It wasn’t a drought but more of a dry spell. -ALONE BUT IS OK- contrast
It wasn’t a drought but rather more of a dry spell.-PHRASE BUT RATHER is ok( contrast of drought and replacement for dry spell)
It wasn’t a drought. But, it was rather more of a dry spell. - but is used as a contrast to the previous sentence, not in combination with rather. rather is used for replacement/preference) - different structure
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What about the change from plural (subjects) to singular (a person/a subject)?
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There is no change from plural "subjects" to singular "subject".
The sentence is a perfect parallel construct, which should be read as:

need to like their subjects not X but rather Y.
Here X = as a person and Y= as a subject.
The objects of comparison are both singular nouns i.e. subject and person.
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IMO d
Option (a) : Idiom error not as x but as y is the correct idiom
Option (b) : Should means moral obligation and is wrong in this context + not like but should like is not parallel
Option (c) : Wordy
Option (e) : Changes meaning
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