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Sun94 Posted 14 years ago
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not so much because
In the following sentence, is the underlined part, not so much because, a fixed phrase ? If it is, what does it mean?
His story was picked up by the world's media not so much because of this particular stroke of luck,( he won a lottery) but because it comes after a life characterised by lucky escapes.
His story was picked up by the world's media not so much because of this particular stroke of luck,( he won a lottery) but because it comes after a life characterised by lucky escapes.
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It is frequent, but I wouldn't call it a fixed phrase. but '. but because...
- It is frequent, but I wouldn't call it a fixed phrase.
- but '.
- but because...
- It is not so much despite his haircut but despite his fashion sense that I am attracted to him.
- She wanted a new car not so much for its status but for its convenience.
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It is frequent, but I wouldn't call it a fixed phrase. The correlative is 'not so much...but'.
...not so much because....but because...
It is not so much despite his haircut but despite his fashion sense that I am attracted to him.
She wanted a new car not so much for its status but for its convenience.
...not so much because....but because...
It is not so much despite his haircut but despite his fashion sense that I am attracted to him.
She wanted a new car not so much for its status but for its convenience.
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