Т108
HE TO ЧТО... A...
coord Conj, correlative)
1. Also: HE TO ЧТОБ(Ы)... (НО (A)...)
HE TO ЧТО... HO... (variants with чтобы are more common) used to indicate that of the two given ways of expressing, describing, explaining
etc sth. , the second is more accurate, precise
etcnot so much...as (but)...
not exactly...but...itb not so much...as...itfsnotso much that...but...itfs not so much a matter of..., but rather...itfs not exactly...but
2. Also: HE TO ЧТО...
...(A) HE TO ЧТО...(A) HE TO ЧТОБЫ (variants with что are more common) used in a two-part statement in which the element directly following не то что or не то чтобы is more pertinent to the speaker and the other element, an exaggeration, is used for reinforcement: not only...(, but...)(when, in translation, the element introduced by не то что
etc follows the other, more extreme, element) let alonenot to mentionto say nothing ofmuch less.
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Т109 →← Т107