Correct idiom ..Not X, But Y

A. not as a senseless tragedy, but as---Correct
B. not as a senseless tragedy, rather
C. not only as a senseless tragedy, but rather as
D. as not a senseless tragedy, but as-----Not parallel
E. as not a senseless tragedy, but-----Not parallel


Ans A

+1 A


The Dust Bowl was the result of frequent deep plowing followed by an extensive drought and high winds, but many agriculturists view it not as a senseless tragedy, but as an opportunity to develop cultivation methods with less impact on the topsoil.

Not.......But is Correct Idiom



Correct, Not....But has been used correctly



Not as....Rather is not Correct Idiom



Not only as......Rather as is not Parallel



as not....but as not parallel



As not ....but an is not correct

The correct idiom is “ Not X but Y” where X and Y should be parallel that cancels out B and C in option D, X and Y are not parallel E skews the meaning which leave us with option A which uses the correct idiom and in which X and Y are parallel.

A is the correct option

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Marked A.
Has the correct parallel structure for “not as .... but as”.

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The Dust Bowl was the result of frequent deep plowing followed by an extensive drought and high winds, but many agriculturists view it not as a senseless tragedy, but as an opportunity to develop cultivation methods with less impact on the topsoil.

A. not as a senseless tragedy, but as
B. not as a senseless tragedy, rather
C. not only as a senseless tragedy, but rather as
D. as not a senseless tragedy, but as
E. as not a senseless tragedy, but

A quick scan of the options blasts the idiom “not ___, but ___.” This is a classic idiom, which means it follows a strict structure, and parallelism in these types of contrasting idioms is always critical.

After reading the sentence carefully, the original sentence seems to contain a correct idiomatic match. Let’s review the other options.

Options D and E place the “as” in front of the “not,” but the “as” follows the “but” in Option D and there is no second “as” in Option E. Neither of these display parallel structure, so they cannot be the correct answers.

Options B and C use “rather” in place of or in addition to “but.” While “but rather” is an idiom, it is not used with “not only” (Option C), and in this situation, “rather” cannot stand on its own in this contrasting statement (Option B) and would need to be “but rather.”

Neither Options B nor C use the idiom correctly, so Option A is the best answer.
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Approach:

Parallelism Based Problem

A. not as a senseless tragedy, but as - Perfect Parallel, correct one.
B. not as a senseless tragedy, rather - Correct Idiom is NOT X... BUT Y, Usage of Rather is incorrect.
C. not only as a senseless tragedy, but rather as - but rather is incorrect, we can't use But and Rather together. + Incorrect idiom.
D. as not a senseless tragedy, but as - Parallelism error, "as" is placed incorrectly.
E. as not a senseless tragedy, but... - Parallelism error, "as" is missing in the 2nd part of sentence.

Option A it is!!



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