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Takehisa Tanaka Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
A Question About Grammatical Scheme of "Not Only, But Also".
Yesterday, I was reading this article:
"http://sciencealert.com.au/news/20140311-26443.html"
At first, I couldn't find out the grammatical scheme in the following sentence, and got confused:
"Not only did he have a peculiar "stomach-lurching" aversion to music - which was particularly noticeable when he heard the song accompanying a certain TV advert - but he also discovered he was no longer afraid of spiders.”
I think that's because the second sentence starts with "but he also", not with "but also he".
Until now, I had thought that second sentences only start with "but also".
Writing down here, I came up with an idea.
Do these, "only did" and "also discovered", correspond each other.
"Only" refers to verb, "have", so "also" refers to "discovered" and is put just before it in the second sentence.
Am I correct?
Thank you for taking time to consider my question.
"http://sciencealert.com.au/news/20140311-26443.html"
At first, I couldn't find out the grammatical scheme in the following sentence, and got confused:
"Not only did he have a peculiar "stomach-lurching" aversion to music - which was particularly noticeable when he heard the song accompanying a certain TV advert - but he also discovered he was no longer afraid of spiders.”
I think that's because the second sentence starts with "but he also", not with "but also he".
Until now, I had thought that second sentences only start with "but also".
Writing down here, I came up with an idea.
Do these, "only did" and "also discovered", correspond each other.
"Only" refers to verb, "have", so "also" refers to "discovered" and is put just before it in the second sentence.
Am I correct?
Thank you for taking time to consider my question.
Top answer
Takehisa Tanaka Until now, I had thought that second sentences only start with "but also". No; either order is possible. Takehisa Tanaka Do these, "only did" and "also discovered", correspond each other.
- Takehisa Tanaka Until now, I had thought that second sentences only start with "but also".
- No; either order is possible.
- Takehisa Tanaka Do these, "only did" and "also discovered", correspond each other.
- Yes.
- Takehisa Tanaka "Only" refers to verb, "have", so "also" refers to "discovered" and is put just before it in the second sentence.
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Takehisa TanakaUntil now, I had thought that second sentences only start with "but also".No; either order is possible.
Takehisa TanakaDo these, "only did" and "also discovered", correspond each other.Yes.
Takehisa Tanaka"Only" refers to verb, "have", so "also" refers to "discovered" and is put just
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Thank you Mister Micawber.
I didn't know that "either order is possible".
I got it.
I didn't know that "either order is possible".
I got it.
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