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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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but or as

It was not so much that the work was difficult, but that it was so boring.
It was not so much that the work was difficult as that it was so boring.
  

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Both as and but are appropriate words for this kind of construction, but I would reword both sentences. The work wasn't so much difficult as (it was) boring. The work wasn't so much difficult but boring.

  • Both as and but are appropriate words for this kind of construction, but I would reword both sentences.
  • The work wasn't so much difficult as (it was) boring.
  • The work wasn't so much difficult but boring.
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Both as and but are appropriate words for this kind of construction, but I would reword both sentences.

The work wasn't so much difficult as (it was) boring.
The work wasn't so much difficult but boring.

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