关于否定词位置的问题及句子分析
They found that the principal requirement for what is called "global cascades"is the presence not of a few influentials but,rather ,of a mass of influenced people.在这句子中，not为什么不放在presence的前面而放在后面？rather在句中是什么结构，but rather可以这样分开用吗？

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這裡的 "not" 是爲了要否定 "of a few influentials" (一小部份受影響的)，而不是要否定 "presence" (存在)；所以才不把其放到那名詞之前。

副詞 "rather" 有著「反之/反觀」的意思。至於這樣的寫法，大概是想強調 "of a mass of influenced people" (一大群受影響的人) 這前置詞片語 (prepositional phrase) 吧。

個人認為，這句可以改寫成：
They found that the principal requirement for what is called "global cascades" is the presence of not a few influentials, but (rather,) a mass of influenced people.

這樣也許就不容易感到混淆。
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祝　週末愉快。/ Good weekend.

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