Timeline for How to parse this sentence with "not only……but also"? I wonder whether it is a fixed sentence pattern
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| Jan 9, 2018 at 12:39 | comment | added | user3932000 | @lerner #2 and 3 are correct. #1 isn't used too much since it doesn't flow off the tongue as nicely, but it's still correct. #4 is incorrect. | |
| Jan 9, 2018 at 12:16 | comment | added | user3932000 | Only your second example is grammatically correct. The rest violate parallel structure. | |
| Aug 2, 2015 at 3:35 | comment | added | Lerner Zhang | Are the following grammatically correct? 1) Not only can you write this way, but also you're encouraged to. 2) Not only can you write this way, but you also are encouraged to. 3) Not only can you write this way, but you're also encouraged to. 4) Not only can you write this way, but also are encouraged to. | |
| Jan 29, 2014 at 9:07 | comment | added | starsplusplus | Yes, that is true. I agree. | |
| Jan 28, 2014 at 18:06 | comment | added | nohat | @starsplusplus yes I would say "you not only can" is grammatical, but clunkier sounding than the others. | |
| Jan 28, 2014 at 12:05 | comment | added | starsplusplus | What about you not only can? (The "you" would not get repeated in this case). I think it's only the "not only" that can't be split, no? | |
| Jan 28, 2014 at 8:50 | history | answered | nohat | CC BY-SA 3.0 |