It's not so much that I don't want to go

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Freeguy

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Would you please elaborate on the meaning of this sentence? It's a bit vague to me.

It's not so much that I don't want to go, but I just haven't got time.
 

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Would you please elaborate on the meaning of this sentence? It's a bit vague to me.

It's not so much that I don't want to go, but I just haven't got time.

The reason that I am not going is that I don't have time, it's not because I don't want to go.
 

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Although using "It's not so much that ..." suggests that at least a small part of him doesn't want to go! If it had said "It's not that I don't want to go", then I would agree that he did want to go.
 
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