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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Part of Speech

What part of speech is "not only"? adverb??? Thanks!

I wanted to do this not only because I was feeling guilty but also because I wanted my friend to see that he wasn't alone.
  

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It is part of the correlative conjunction not only … but also . Here are some others. either … or neither … nor both … and

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  • It is part of the correlative conjunction not only … but also .
  • Here are some others.
  • either … or neither … nor both … and
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It is part of the correlative conjunction not only … but also.

Here are some others.

either … or
neither … nor
both … and
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The words "not only"... "but also" form a paired-word conjunction.
You will see the term "corelative conjunction" to describe this.
Others in the group are:
either (this) or (that)
neither (this) nor (that)
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