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Enchanted Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Help understand this sentence.

It's not so much the crowd as the individuals in the crowd I don't like.

What does this sentence mean?

thanks,

Enchanted.
  

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That we are here many I can accept. What I cannot accept is what this mass is composed of; the individuals. "

  • That we are here many I can accept.
  • What I cannot accept is what this mass is composed of; the individuals.
  • "
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That we are here many I can accept. What I cannot accept is what this mass is composed of; the individuals.

If you go to a rock concert because you like the feeling of concerts but you do not like people who like rock music, you can say:
"It's not so much the crowd as the individuals in the crowd I don't like."

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