Here is my trick for these
The government's strict insider-trading laws require that principals involved in a merger not only cannot share information about that merger with outside investors, but that they also are not allowed to buy or sell stocks themselves based on their inside knowledge.
(A)
The government's strict insider-trading laws require that principals involved in a merger not only cannot share information about that merger with outside investors, but that they also
are not allowed to buy or sell stocks themselves based on their inside knowledge.
(B)
The government's strict insider-trading laws require not only that principals involved in a merger not share information about that merger with outside investors, but also
that they not buy or sell stocks themselves based on their inside knowledge.(C)
The government's strict insider-trading laws require not only that principals involved in a merger not share information about that merger with outside investors, but that they also
cannot buy or sell stocks themselves based on their inside knowledge(D)
The government's strict insider-trading laws require that principals involved in a merger not only not share information about that merger with outside investors, but also
that they are not allowed to buy or sell stocks themselves based on their inside knowledge(E)
The government's strict insider-trading laws require not only that principals cannot share information about that merger with outside investors, but they also
cannot buy or sell stocks themselves based on their inside knowledgeNow, only read the bold and tell me which one makes sense! Only A and B make sense, however A is incorrect because "Not only___that they also" is wrong
When dealing with Not only____But also___ idiom, ignore everything in between "Not only____But also" and read the sentence