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Sextus Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Position of "also"

"Not only does Arcesilaus not consider ataraxia to be his end, but it also seems that this state does not accompany his suspension of judgment about everything".

Is it ok to put 'also' after 'it' or must it go after 'but'?

Thanks,

Sextus
  

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" in the second part.

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HI Sexus,

The sentence is strange to me--I expected "but he also..." in the second part.
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Perhaps I could say:

"Not only does Arcesilaus not consider ataraxia to be his end, but also this state does not seem to accompany his suspension of judgment about everything".

Sextus
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Hi Sextus,

It seems to me that the correlative conjunction 'not only..but also' doesn't follow parallesim in the sentence. The subject for first half of the sentence is 'Arcesilaus' and it doesn't match with the subject of the second part of the sentence.
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Well, I didn't know that it was necessary that the subjects be the same. In this case, I could perhaps say:

"Not only is ataraxia not considered by Arcesilaus as his end, but also it does not seem to accompany his suspension of judgment about everything".

Cheers,

Sextus
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