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imnk
Joined: 22 Feb 2013
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Concentration: Social Entrepreneurship, Leadership
Schools: ISB '16 (A) ESADE '16 (II) HEC '15
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WE:Engineering (Computer Software)
31 Aug 2014, 04:51
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In a process that has become de rigueur following the end of every presidency, presidential libraries are sprouting up like carbuncles all over the land, testifying not so much to a sense of history among our politicians than it reflects their unbridled vainglory.
A. testifying not so much to a sense of history among our politicians than it reflects their
B. testifying less to a sense of history among our ploiticians than it reflects their
C. not so much testifying to a sense of history among our politicians as it reflects their
D. testifying not as more to a sense of history among our politicians than to an
E. testifying not so much to a sense of history among our politicians as to their
A. testifying not so much to a sense of history among our politicians than it reflects their
B. testifying less to a sense of history among our ploiticians than it reflects their
C. not so much testifying to a sense of history among our politicians as it reflects their
D. testifying not as more to a sense of history among our politicians than to an
E. testifying not so much to a sense of history among our politicians as to their
01 Sep 2014, 15:18
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In a process that has become de rigueur following the end of every presidency, presidential libraries are sprouting up like carbuncles all over the land, testifying not so much to a sense of history among our politicians than it reflects their unbridled vainglory.
A. testifying not so much to a sense of history among our politicians than it reflects their
Wrong. "so X than Y" is wrong comparison.
B. testifying less to a sense of history among our ploiticians than it reflects their
Wrong.
- Parallelism problem: testifying less + noun-phrase than + clause.....
- "it" refers to what?
C. not so much testifying to a sense of history among our politicians as it reflects their
Wrong.
- Parallelism problem: not SO MUCH + noun phrase AS + clause.
- "it" refers to what?
D. testifying not as more to a sense of history among our politicians than to an
Wrong.
- "As more...than" is wrong.
E. testifying not so much to a sense of history among out politicians as to their
Correct. Good Verb-ing modifier
Hope it helps.
A. testifying not so much to a sense of history among our politicians than it reflects their
Wrong. "so X than Y" is wrong comparison.
B. testifying less to a sense of history among our ploiticians than it reflects their
Wrong.
- Parallelism problem: testifying less + noun-phrase than + clause.....
- "it" refers to what?
C. not so much testifying to a sense of history among our politicians as it reflects their
Wrong.
- Parallelism problem: not SO MUCH + noun phrase AS + clause.
- "it" refers to what?
D. testifying not as more to a sense of history among our politicians than to an
Wrong.
- "As more...than" is wrong.
E. testifying not so much to a sense of history among out politicians as to their
Correct. Good Verb-ing modifier
Hope it helps.
25 Aug 2016, 03:32
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imnk
Option E.
Correct Idiomatic usage of So Much...As
