[問題]考古題form33-Q14

[香波寶]

The key to Japan's worldwide commercial success is not so much government policy, although that too is a factor, but fierce domestic commpetition; after outpacing local rivals, firms often find that foreign competitors are simply no match for them.

(A) but fierce domestic competition
(B) but domestically fierce competition
(C) but rather it is fierce domestic competition
(D) as it is fierce domestic competition
(E) as competition that is fierce domestically

答案：D
not so much ...as...
所以直接比較(D)(E)
不選(E)，是因為有although所以要有對應的子句(D)it is囉？！
not so much ...as...不需要同類比較嗎？

麻煩前輩指點，謝謝！

[香波寶]

自己頂一下~

[pamelatsai]

感覺跟although好像沒有關係耶~
平衡對稱的應該是not so much A as B
as 後面的it is 是不是可以拿掉
變成not so much government policy和as fierce domestic competition
麻煩高人指點~~

謝謝~~

[sweetymanman]

The key to Japan's worldwide commercial success is not so much government policy, although that too is a factor, but fierce domestic commpetition; after outpacing local rivals, firms often find that foreign competitors are simply no match for them.

(D) as it is fierce domestic competition
(E) as competition that is fierce domestically

答案：D
not so much ...as...
所以直接比較(D)(E)
不選(E)，是因為有although所以要有對應的子句(D)it is囉？！
not so much ...as...不需要同類比較嗎？

有點困擾，我也是選E
因為覺得not so much +N.....as + N
不知道有人可以幫忙解惑媽？？？

[evelyn_yeh]

我也是想問為何不把it is 拿掉??
(D) as (it is) fierce domestic competition
另,E錯,若改成 as competition that is domestically fierce 是不是就OK呢??

[bmwmthree]

我也是想問為何不把it is 拿掉??
(D) as (it is) fierce domestic competition
另,E錯,若改成 as competition that is domestically fierce 是不是就OK呢??

to 樓上
(D) as it is fierce domestic competition
(E) as competition that is ferece domestically
(D) domestic 是修飾competition
(E) domestically 是修飾ferece

如有誤請指教...謝謝

[A級垂耳兔]

這篇文章重點在解釋為何不是用not so much A as B...
這才是大家問題的癥結點....

[詹益謙]

not so much()as 其中as是副詞連接詞後面當然是S+V~囉
就像as()as中第二個as一樣
而其中主要子句和其從句當然要符合硬梆梆,舊到新等規則

淺見～

[dibert8]

(D) it = success, 從 is 知道是跟主詞比較; 所以 it is 是不能省略的 (沒有 it is 就有可能和 policy 比較喔!)