kissthegmat wrote:
noboru wrote:
Thanks for your reply.
I have also seen NOT ONLY....BUT THEY ALSO.... in some other correct question.
What do you think about that?
According to whatever little bit knowledge I have, I don't think NOT ONLY... BUT THEY ALSO can be correct. What I have read is correct idiom should be NOT ONLY X .... BUT ALSO Y, where X and Y should be parallel. Can you provide some examples or source?
Thanks.
Here is an example:
Not only did the systematic clearing of forests in the United States
create farmland (especially in the Northeast) and gave consumers relatively
inexpensive houses and furniture, but it also caused erosion and very
quickly deforested whole regions.
A. Not only did the systematic clearing of forests in the United States create
farmland (especially in the Northeast) and gave consumers relatively
inexpensive houses and furniture, but it also
B. Not only did the systematic clearing of forests in the United States create
farmland (especially in the Northeast), which gave consumers relatively
inexpensive houses and furniture, but also
C. The systematic clearing of forests in the United States, creating farmland
(especially in the Northeast) and giving consumers relatively inexpensive
houses and furniture, but also
D. The systematic clearing of forests in the United States created farmland
(especially in the Northeast) and gave consumers relatively inexpensive houses
and furniture, but it also
E. The systematic clearing of forests in the United States not only created
farmland (especially in the Northeast), giving consumers relatively inexpensive
houses and furniture, but it
What is your take?
If I go with idiom (Not only ... but also): then I'm goona choose B.
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