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Advanced Causal Clauses — Proposizioni Causali B2·Non Tanto Perché... Quanto Perché — Gradated Causal Clauses
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Rule reminder

'Non tanto perché... quanto perché' (not so much because... but because / not as much because... as because) expresses a hierarchy of causes: it downplays one reason (introduced by 'non tanto perché') while emphasising another (introduced by 'quanto perché'). Both clauses take the INDICATIVE. The structure can also be used with nouns: 'non tanto per X quanto per Y'.

Non Tanto Perché... Quanto Perché — Gradated Causal Clauses1 / 10

Completa: 'L'accordo è saltato non tanto perché le condizioni economiche _____ sfavorevoli, quanto perché le parti non si fidavano l'una dell'altra.'

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→ Causal Clauses with Negative Inversion: Non Che...→ Cause vs Purpose: Perché + Indicative vs Perché + Subjunctive→ Causal Clauses in Reported Speech→ Implicit Causal Constructions: Participio Passato
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