Some historians of science have argued that science moves forward not so much because of the insights of great thinkers but because of more mundane developments, such as improved tools and technologies.
because of the insights of great thinkers but because of
because of the insights of great thinkers as the results of
because of the insights of great thinkers as because of
through the insights of great thinkers but through
through the insights of great thinkers but results from
The sentence contains a comparison introduced by not so much. However, the comparison is executed with correct idiomatic usage only in one of the answer options. As written, the comparison not so much . . . but . . . is incorrect. This is also true in choices D and E. A. incorrect for the reason stated above. B. because of is not parallel with the results of.
C. Correct. This uses the comparison not so much . . . as . . . correctly and correctly makes because of parallel with because of.
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