Re: At the end of the 1930's, Duke Ellington was looking for a composer to
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28 Oct 2019, 09:17
At the end of the 1930's, Duke Ellington was looking for a composer to assist him-someone not only who could arrange music for his successful band, but mirroring his eccentric writing style as well in order to finish the many pieces he had started but never completed.
A. someone not only who could arrange music for his successful band, but mirroring his eccentric writing style as well in order to finish
B. someone who could not only arrange music for his successful band, but also mirror his eccentric writing style in order to finish
C. someone who not only could arrange music for his successful band, but also to mirror his eccentric style in finishing
D. that being someone who could not only arrange music for his successful big band, but mirroring his eccentric writing style for finishing
E. being someone not only who could arrange music for his successful big band, but mirror his eccentric writing style as well, finishing
We know that "Not only……………., But also…………." is correlative conjunction. It is essential to use a similar grammatical entity after both the part. For example:
"Not only………M……., But also……N……."
Both M and N should be a similar grammatical entity. Let's check the answer options now:
Option A: "Not only………Relative clause…, But ………..Verb+ing Phrase .."
Option B: "Not only………Verb Phrase ……., But also …..Verb Phrase …" (Similar entity)
Option C: "Not only………Modals……………., But also …infinitive ……………"
Option D: "Not only………Verb Phrase ……., But …………Verb+ing Phrase ……."
Option E: "Not only………Relative clause…., But also…….Verb Phrase …………..."
The lack of parallelism is evident in all the options, but B. So, B is the correct answer.
There are several other errors in the non-parallel options.
Mentionable that "Not only……………., But …………." is also technically correct idiom.