Subject object verb agreement of "not only but it also" structure
While I was writing the following sentence, I got two questions. Firstly, please let me know whether we should use "have" or "has" in the sentence. Secondly, to refer fast food, should we use "it" or "they" as a pronoun.
The received wisdom is that not only would junk food might has / have no adequate nutrition, but they / it also might not be healthy.
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dileepa The received wisdom is that not only would junk food might has / have no adequate nutrition, but they / it also might not be healthy. Grammatically it should go like this: The received wisdom is that junk food might not contain adequate nutrition, but it might not be healthy either. 1) You're trying to use two modal auxiliaries (would, might) in the first clause after 'is'.
- dileepa The received wisdom is that not only would junk food might has / have no adequate nutrition, but they / it also might not be healthy.
- Grammatically it should go like this: The received wisdom is that junk food might not contain adequate nutrition, but it might not be healthy either.
- 1) You're trying to use two modal auxiliaries (would, might) in the first clause after 'is'.
- You can only have one.
- 2) There are too many negatives in the original.
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dileepaThe received wisdom is that not only would junk food might has / have no adequate nutrition, but they / it also might not be healthy.
Grammatically it should go like this:
The received wisdom is that junk food might not contain adequate nutrition, but it might not be healthy either.
1) You're trying to use two modal auxiliaries (w
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