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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
about the 'not only but also' construction
Teacher, doesn't it sound unnatural to say like this?:
"In that restaurant, the dishes did not only agree with me, but also the waiter was very unkind."
I think that a single subject should govern both the 'not only' and the 'but also' parts. Am I wrong?
"In that restaurant, the dishes did not only agree with me, but also the waiter was very unkind."
I think that a single subject should govern both the 'not only' and the 'but also' parts. Am I wrong?
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The whole sentence is a little odd. — In that restaurant, not only did the dishes not agree with me, but also the waiter was very unkind.
- The whole sentence is a little odd.
- — In that restaurant, not only did the dishes not agree with me, but also the waiter was very unkind.
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The whole sentence is a little odd. Do you mean this?—
In that restaurant, not only did the dishes not agree with me, but also the waiter was very unkind.
In that restaurant, not only did the dishes not agree with me, but also the waiter was very unkind.
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