Lorinda Munson Bryant, founder of the Monrose School for Girls in Sout

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Lorinda Munson Bryant, founder of the Monrose School for Girls in South Orange, New Jersey, accomplished a lot in her lifetime; she was not only the first female pharmacist in Ohio’s history,  but she also was a successful writer, educator, and owned her own business .
 
A) but she also was a successful writer, educator, and owned her own business
B) but also she was a successful writer, educator, and owned her own business
C) but she was also a successful writer, educator, and business owner
D) but also was a successful writer, educator, and business owner
E) but she was also a successful writer, educator, and owned her own business

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shameekv1989 · Answer

Lorinda Munson Bryant, founder of the Monrose School for Girls in South Orange, New Jersey, accomplished a lot in her lifetime; she was not only the first female pharmacist in Ohio’s history, but she also was a successful writer, educator, and owned her own business.

she was (Not only ... But also ...) -> Correct Idiom

A)   but she also was   a successful writer, educator, and owned her own business -> 
B)   but also she was   a successful writer, educator, and   owned her own business  
C)   but she was also   a successful writer, educator, and business owner
D) but also was a successful writer, educator, and business owner  -> All entities Parallel and idiomatically correct  
E)   but she was also   a successful writer, educator, and owned her own business

Clear cut D

TheNightKing · Answer

I was trying to find ideal option for "Not Only.. But Also" but then I was not able to figure out so I decided to look at other things. The list is of nouns. Clearly. Writer. Educator. We need a third noun. "Owned her own business" is not a noun. Gone. 3 Options One Go. D is best of the lot. Approach 2: Let's say you want to solve it using the idiom rule only. The problem is "She was" is the part outside "Not Only" and that means we should not repeat "She". Technically you can get rid of all 4 options in one go. You just have to be extra careful

NandishSS · Answer

Tested : Parallelism and redundancy

owned her own business - owned and using again own business is redundancy so we can quickly eliminate A, B & E

Stuck b/w C & D

C) but she was also a successful writer, educator, and business owner

D) but also was a successful writer, educator, and business owner

DinoPen · Answer

I'm confused here. Why isn't C) correct?
There is a comma right after 'history'. So, shouldn't there be a noun indicating 'she' ?
Else, if there was not a comma, then 'she' would not be needed here.

snoep · Answer

Lorinda Munson Bryant, founder of the Monrose School for Girls in South Orange, New Jersey, accomplished a lot in her lifetime; she was not only the first female pharmacist in Ohio’s history, but she also was a successful writer, educator, and owned her own business.

A) but she also was a successful writer, educator, and owned her own business
B) but also she was a successful writer, educator, and owned her own business
C) but she was also a successful writer, educator, and business owner
D) but also was a successful writer, educator, and business owner
E) but she was also a successful writer, educator, and owned her own business

of all the choices I think D is the closest to the right answer

A, B, & E - items in list should be parallel - writer, educator, & business owner
C - but also + clause is wrong - construction is not parallel - not only x, but also y - x & y should be parallel
D-she was not only the first female pharmacist in Ohio’s history, but also was a successful writer, educator, and business owner.

Q: shouldn't the was before "not only" be inside rather than outside - what I am missing here - is it a typing mistake?

It looks like this
1-she was not only the first female pharmacist in Ohio’s history
2-she was but also was a successful writer, educator, and business owner

It should be

I-she not only was the first female pharmacist in Ohio’s history, but also was a successful writer, educator, and business owner
or
I-she was not only the first female pharmacist in Ohio’s history, but also a successful writer, educator, and business owner

aislam · Answer

Lorinda Munson Bryant, founder of the Monrose School for Girls in South Orange, New Jersey, accomplished a lot in her lifetime; she was not only the first female pharmacist in Ohio’s history, but she also was a successful writer, educator, and owned her own business.

A) but she also was a successful writer, educator, and owned her own business
B) but also she was a successful writer, educator, and owned her own business
C) but she was also a successful writer, educator, and business owner
D) but also was a successful writer, educator, and business owner
E) but she was also a successful writer, educator, and owned her own business

of all the choices I think D is the closest to the right answer

A, B, & E - items in list should be parallel - writer, educator, & business owner 
C - but also + clause is wrong - construction is not parallel - not only x, but also y - x & y should be parallel 
D-she  was  not only the first female pharmacist in Ohio’s history,   but also was a successful writer, educator, and business owner  .

Q: shouldn't the was before "not only" be inside rather than outside - what I am missing here - is it a typing mistake?

It looks like this 
1-she was not only the first female pharmacist in Ohio’s history
2-she was but also was a successful writer, educator, and business owner

It should be

I-she not only was the first female pharmacist in Ohio’s history, but also was a successful writer, educator, and business owner
or
I-she was not only the first female pharmacist in Ohio’s history, but also a successful writer, educator, and business owner

Raxit85 · Answer

Lorinda Munson Bryant, founder of the Monrose School for Girls in South Orange, New Jersey, accomplished a lot in her lifetime; she was not only the first female pharmacist in Ohio’s history, but she also was a successful writer, educator, and owned her own business.

LMB,....,..,accomplished a lot in her lifetime; she was not only the first female pharmacist in ohio's history, but she also was a successful x, y and owned her own business. Wait,, here incorrect parallelism list exists in second clause, writer, educator and owned her own business, Noun, Noun and verb. There is redundancy error, owned and own, in second clause.

A) but she also was a successful writer, educator, and owned her own business - incorrect for above reasons.
B) but also she was a successful writer, educator, and owned her own business - Redundancy error as mentioned above and incorrect parallelism list exists, writer, educator and owned her own business, Noun, Noun and verb.
C) but she was also a successful writer, educator, and business owner - Here, usage of pronoun, she, in the second parallel connector is redundant, she was NOT ONLY A BUT SHE WAS ALSO B, C and D. 
D) but also was a successful writer, educator, and business owner - Structurally and logically parallel & removes the redundancy error. So, correct.
E) but she was also a successful writer, educator, and owned her own business - Same reasons for A, incorrect

Imo. D

PinakiRDas · Answer

Can anyone please explain why C over D is correct?

EMPOWERgmatVerbal · Answer

Official Explanation

Lorinda Munson Bryant, founder of the Monrose School for Girls in South Orange, New Jersey, accomplished a lot in her lifetime; she was not only the first female pharmacist in Ohio’s history,  but she also was a successful writer, educator, and owned her own business.

A)  but she also was  a successful writer, educator, and  owned her own business  
 B)  but also she was  a successful writer, educator, and  owned her own business  
 C)  but she was also  a successful writer, educator, and  business owner  
 D)  but also was  a successful writer, educator, and  business owner  
 E)  but she was also  a successful writer, educator, and  owned her own business  
 
 Parallelism: 
There are 3 list items that describe Bryant’s various professions that must be parallel:
 
A) but she also was a successful  writer, educator, and owned her own business 
B) but also she was a successful  writer, educator, and owned her own business 
C) but she was also a successful  writer, educator, and business owner 
D) but also was a successful  writer, educator, and business owner 
E) but she was also a successful  writer, educator, and owned her own business 
 
 Idioms (not only X, but also Y): 
The correct option needs to be parallel in kind to the “X” in the original sentence, which is highlighted here in pink.

Lorinda Munson Bryant, founder of the Monrose School for Girls in South Orange, New Jersey, accomplished a lot in her lifetime; she was not only  the first female pharmacist in Ohio’s history ,  but she also was a successful writer, educator, and owned her own business.

In options C & E, the use of the words “she was” between the “but” and “also” don’t affect the idiom – it’s okay to stick words between there, as long as what comes after the word “also” is parallel to what comes after “not only.”
 
Lorinda Munson Bryant was  not only  the first female pharmacist in Ohio’s history,…
 
A)  but she also was  a successful writer, educator, and owned her own business
B)  but also she was  a successful writer, educator, and owned her own business
C)  but she was also  a successful writer, educator, and business owner
D)  but also was  a successful writer, educator, and business owner
E)  but she was also  a successful writer, educator, and owned her own business
 
 The only answer that gets both concepts correct is C!

EMPOWERgmatVerbal · Answer

You were really close,  shameekv1989 ! Check out the explanation in the comments to see where you got off track!

EMPOWERgmatVerbal · Answer

You were very close,  TheNightKing ! For the idiom to work in option D, the non-underlined part would have to say "she not only  was  the first..." Instead, it says "she  was  not only...." Since "was" is BEFORE the "not only," it's not part of the idiom. Therefore, you cannot use it in the "but also" part.

Check out the comments for our official explanation and more details.

EMPOWERgmatVerbal · Answer

Hi  NandishSS !

For this question, we need to look at the idiom "not only X, but also Y." What tripped many of you up was the placement of the word "was" either inside or outside the idiom.

The non-underlined portion of the idiom starts out like this:

she was  not only the first female pharmacist in Ohio's history

If we continue the idiom, it should be worded the same:

C: but she was also a successful writer... --> Not only X, but also Y =  OKAY  (the "she was" between "but" and "also" is okay here)
D: but also was a successful writer... --> Not only X, but also was Y =  NOT PARALLEL

I hope this helps! Check out the official explanation in the comments for more details!

EMPOWERgmatVerbal · Answer

DinoPen  - option C is the correct answer, so you were on the right track!

EMPOWERgmatVerbal · Answer

snoep  you were really close! Check out the official explanation in the comments for more details.

EMPOWERgmatVerbal · Answer

You were so close  aislam ! Here is what I think most people got tripped up on:

For this question, we need to look at the idiom "not only X, but also Y." What tripped many of you up was the placement of the word "was" either inside or outside the idiom.

The non-underlined portion of the idiom starts out like this:

she was  not only the first female pharmacist in Ohio's history

The word "was" is NOT inside the idiom, so it cannot be inside the idiom in the second part.

If we continue the idiom, it should be worded the same:

C: but she was also a successful writer... --> Not only X, but also Y =  OKAY  (the "she was" between "but" and "also" is okay here)
D: but also was a successful writer... --> Not only X, but also was Y =  NOT PARALLEL

I hope this helps! Check out the official explanation in the comments for more details!

EMPOWERgmatVerbal · Answer

You were close,  Raxit85 ! Check out the comments for our official explanation.

EMPOWERgmatVerbal · Answer

PinakiRDas  - check out our official explanation in the comments section!

TheNightKing · Answer

EMPOWERgmatVerbal  Kudos for a great question, which tripped so many of us!!

And as always, the explanations are great.! Thank you!

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