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International trade almost collapsed in the last quarter, marking the largest fall in two decades: as the widespread economic slowdown not only disrupted air and sea transport, but it also dealt a blow to the demand for many consumer and investment goods.
A) the widespread economic slowdown not only disrupted air and sea transport, but it also dealt a blow to the demand
B) not only did the widespread economic slowdown disrupted air and sea transport, but it also dealt a blow to the demand
C) the widespread economic slowdown not only disrupted air and sea transport, it also dealt a blow to the demand
D) the widespread economic slowdown not only disrupted air and sea transport, but also dealing a blow to the demand
E) the widespread economic slowdown had disrupted air and sea transport, it also had dealed a blow to the demand
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A very good question that 'questions' the candidates strategy to hunt for idioms. As soon as one reads 'not only', one hunts for 'but also' and neglects all other errors in the answer choice.
Choice A is incorrect- The author bluffs you and makes you believe that she will use not only...but also idiom. But she does not use the common idiom. Instead, the structure is- As X happened, Y also happened. Look closely. Here, Y must be an independent clause.
as the widespread economic slowdown not only disrupted air and sea transport, but it also dealt a blow to the demand for many consumer and investment goods.
Here, 'but' is used as a conjunction. The usage is incorrect. Independent clause (Y) missing.
Now look at answer choice C. Everything seems correct. Most of us would straight away reject C because of incorrect use of idiom. But the author hasn't used the not only...but also idiom. And everything else is grammatically correct, and the sentence is concise. "it" is clearly referring to 'slowdown'.
as the widespread economic slowdown not only disrupted air and sea transport,- this is a dependent clause
it also dealt a blow to the demand for many consumer and investment goods.- this is an independent clause.
D is incorrect because not only X, but also Y usage is incorrect- X, Y are not parallel. X is a verb phrase, and Y is modifier phrase. (Note- 'dealing' does not have a helping verb attached to it, hence it is not a verb.)
E- Past perfect tense- incorrect. The sentence structure is correct. But 'had dealed'- dealed is not even a word- must be dealt. (perfect tense- use third form of verb)
IMO, the answer is C.
Choice A is incorrect- The author bluffs you and makes you believe that she will use not only...but also idiom. But she does not use the common idiom. Instead, the structure is- As X happened, Y also happened. Look closely. Here, Y must be an independent clause.
as the widespread economic slowdown not only disrupted air and sea transport, but it also dealt a blow to the demand for many consumer and investment goods.
Here, 'but' is used as a conjunction. The usage is incorrect. Independent clause (Y) missing.
Now look at answer choice C. Everything seems correct. Most of us would straight away reject C because of incorrect use of idiom. But the author hasn't used the not only...but also idiom. And everything else is grammatically correct, and the sentence is concise. "it" is clearly referring to 'slowdown'.
as the widespread economic slowdown not only disrupted air and sea transport,- this is a dependent clause
it also dealt a blow to the demand for many consumer and investment goods.- this is an independent clause.
D is incorrect because not only X, but also Y usage is incorrect- X, Y are not parallel. X is a verb phrase, and Y is modifier phrase. (Note- 'dealing' does not have a helping verb attached to it, hence it is not a verb.)
E- Past perfect tense- incorrect. The sentence structure is correct. But 'had dealed'- dealed is not even a word- must be dealt. (perfect tense- use third form of verb)
IMO, the answer is C.
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
THE PROMPT
→ the word dealt
is the past tense
and the past participle
→ There is no such word as dealed in standard English.
• Parallelism
→ The use of not only . . . but also should alert you to check for parallel structure.
→ Whatever comes after not only and but also must be similar parts of speech that play the same logical role in the sentence.
→ When we deal with "word pairs" (correlative conjunctions), GMAC will test us on where to place a word in common such as a preposition, a split verb, or a word such as that.
The answer is "once outside or twice inside." See Notes, below, for a full explanation.
Pretend the word that is our common word (the word that applies to both the X and Y elements).
→ Correct: THAT Not only X But Also Y (once outside)
→ Correct: Not only that X but also that Y (twice inside)
→ Wrong: That Not only X But Also that Y (once outside, once inside)
→ Wrong: Not only that X but also Y (once inside)
THE OPTIONS
→ economic slowdown shows up before the first parallelism marker, not only.
→ it [= economic slowdown] then shows up after the second parallelism market, but
The rule is once outside, twice inside.
In this case, economic slowdown shows up once outside the construction Not only X But also Y, and once inside that construction. Wrong.
Again, see Notes below.
→ In essence, the subject widespread economic slowdown comes before not only and so does not need to be repeated after but also, making the word it incorrect.
ELIMINATE A
→ the use of disrupted is incorrect.
→ We already have a simple past tense did after not only, so this verb needs to be in the base form disrupt.
ELIMINATE B
• This sentence does not use the correlative conjunction Not Only X But Also Y.
That fact is just fine.
Not only does not always require but also.
As the recession not only disrupted XYZ, it also dealt a blow to ABC.
• a full clause can come after a colon.
The rule you cannot break? A full clause must come before the colon.
Whatever comes after the colon does not have to be a full clause and often is not.
Whatever comes after the colon typically expands on the first part of the sentence or is a list of some sort, especially of examples.
SPOILER ALERT
For an official question in which the use of not only does not require the use of but also, click here..
KEEP C
→ Wrong:
Not only disrupted (past tense verb)
But also dealing (gerund, verbING word)
→ In other words, the use of dealing after but also breaks the parallel structure with the part after not only.
The correct word after but also should be dealt.
ELIMINATE D
The correct past participle (that goes along with the verb had) is dealt.
ELIMINATE E
The best answer is C.
NOTES
→ Not only X but also Y is called a "closed construction."
For our purposes, let's think about the pair this way, with "fenceposts" around the construction || Not only X but also Y ||
If a word is common to both the X and the Y elements, we have two choices.
That word can show up once outside the closed construction, or twice inside the closed construction—but not once inside and not once outside, once inside.
That sentence sounds abstract. Look at an example.
→ Correct, common word ARE: Dancers are not only artists but also athletes. ["are" shows up ONCE OUTSIDE]
→ Correct, same, "fenced off": Dancers are || not only artists but also athletes.|| ["are" shows up ONCE OUTSIDE]
→ Correct, common word ARE: Dancers not only are artists but also are athletes. ["are" shows up TWICE INSIDE]
→ Correct, same, "fenced off": Dancers || not only are artists but also are athletes. || ["are" shows up TWICE INSIDE]
→ Wrong, common word ARE: Dancers are not only artists but also are athletes. [NO! "are" shows up once outside and once inside]
→ Wrong, same, "fenced off": Dancers are || not only artists but also are athletes.|| ["are" shows up once outside and once inside]
→ Wrong, common word ARE: Dancers not only are artists but also athletes. [NO! "are" shows up only once inside and should be there twice]
→ Wrong, same, "fenced off": Dancers || not only are but also athletes. || ["are" shows up only once inside and should show up twice]
If a word comes right before not only, then it is "outside" the correlative conjunction and should not appear again "inside" the construction.
If a word shows up after "not only" or "but also," then it is inside the construction and should show up twice inside.
Correct: . . . the economic slowdown NOT ONLY disrupted . . . BUT ALSO dealt a blow to . . .
X = disrupted
Y = dealt
Notice that the words the economic slowdown show up once, before and
In other words, if something comes after but also, that something must also come after not only.
For another question about parallelism and Not only X, but also Y, please see here.
COMMENTS
HarshaBujji AND hbkharsh , welcome to SC Butler.
This question is hard and perhaps a bit scary.
Everyone gets kudos to being brave, regardless of the answer you chose.
Stay safe.
Project SC Butler: Sentence Correction (SC1)
THE PROMPT
Quote:
• The irregular verb DEAL? Past tense dealt. Past participle dealt.
→ the word dealt
is the past tense
and the past participle
→ There is no such word as dealed in standard English.
• Parallelism
→ The use of not only . . . but also should alert you to check for parallel structure.
→ Whatever comes after not only and but also must be similar parts of speech that play the same logical role in the sentence.
→ When we deal with "word pairs" (correlative conjunctions), GMAC will test us on where to place a word in common such as a preposition, a split verb, or a word such as that.
The answer is "once outside or twice inside." See Notes, below, for a full explanation.
Pretend the word that is our common word (the word that applies to both the X and Y elements).
→ Correct: THAT Not only X But Also Y (once outside)
→ Correct: Not only that X but also that Y (twice inside)
→ Wrong: That Not only X But Also that Y (once outside, once inside)
→ Wrong: Not only that X but also Y (once inside)
THE OPTIONS
Quote:
• Botched parallelism - the word it
→ economic slowdown shows up before the first parallelism marker, not only.
→ it [= economic slowdown] then shows up after the second parallelism market, but
The rule is once outside, twice inside.
In this case, economic slowdown shows up once outside the construction Not only X But also Y, and once inside that construction. Wrong.
Again, see Notes below.
→ In essence, the subject widespread economic slowdown comes before not only and so does not need to be repeated after but also, making the word it incorrect.
ELIMINATE A
Quote:
• Verb tense
→ the use of disrupted is incorrect.
→ We already have a simple past tense did after not only, so this verb needs to be in the base form disrupt.
ELIMINATE B
Quote:
• I do not see any errors.
• This sentence does not use the correlative conjunction Not Only X But Also Y.
That fact is just fine.
Not only does not always require but also.
As the recession not only disrupted XYZ, it also dealt a blow to ABC.
• a full clause can come after a colon.
The rule you cannot break? A full clause must come before the colon.
Whatever comes after the colon does not have to be a full clause and often is not.
Whatever comes after the colon typically expands on the first part of the sentence or is a list of some sort, especially of examples.
SPOILER ALERT
For an official question in which the use of not only does not require the use of but also, click here..
KEEP C
Quote:
• Botched parallelism
→ Wrong:
Not only disrupted (past tense verb)
But also dealing (gerund, verbING word)
→ In other words, the use of dealing after but also breaks the parallel structure with the part after not only.
The correct word after but also should be dealt.
ELIMINATE D
Quote:
• There is no such word as dealed in standard English.
The correct past participle (that goes along with the verb had) is dealt.
ELIMINATE E
The best answer is C.
NOTES
→ Not only X but also Y is called a "closed construction."
For our purposes, let's think about the pair this way, with "fenceposts" around the construction || Not only X but also Y ||
If a word is common to both the X and the Y elements, we have two choices.
That word can show up once outside the closed construction, or twice inside the closed construction—but not once inside and not once outside, once inside.
That sentence sounds abstract. Look at an example.
→ Correct, common word ARE: Dancers are not only artists but also athletes. ["are" shows up ONCE OUTSIDE]
→ Correct, same, "fenced off": Dancers are || not only artists but also athletes.|| ["are" shows up ONCE OUTSIDE]
→ Correct, common word ARE: Dancers not only are artists but also are athletes. ["are" shows up TWICE INSIDE]
→ Correct, same, "fenced off": Dancers || not only are artists but also are athletes. || ["are" shows up TWICE INSIDE]
→ Wrong, common word ARE: Dancers are not only artists but also are athletes. [NO! "are" shows up once outside and once inside]
→ Wrong, same, "fenced off": Dancers are || not only artists but also are athletes.|| ["are" shows up once outside and once inside]
→ Wrong, common word ARE: Dancers not only are artists but also athletes. [NO! "are" shows up only once inside and should be there twice]
→ Wrong, same, "fenced off": Dancers || not only are but also athletes. || ["are" shows up only once inside and should show up twice]
If a word comes right before not only, then it is "outside" the correlative conjunction and should not appear again "inside" the construction.
If a word shows up after "not only" or "but also," then it is inside the construction and should show up twice inside.
Correct: . . . the economic slowdown NOT ONLY disrupted . . . BUT ALSO dealt a blow to . . .
X = disrupted
Y = dealt
Notice that the words the economic slowdown show up once, before and
In other words, if something comes after but also, that something must also come after not only.
For another question about parallelism and Not only X, but also Y, please see here.
COMMENTS
HarshaBujji AND hbkharsh , welcome to SC Butler.
This question is hard and perhaps a bit scary.
Everyone gets kudos to being brave, regardless of the answer you chose.
Stay safe.
