Maybe I ´m wrong, but I ´m sure that I ´ve never come across this type of sentences. This doesn ´t mean that it is impossible, but the common standard English that we were taught and which we are teaching at present uses the first type of sentences; thus, when we start with the negation as in "not only", "never" and "seldom", we usually invert the auxiliary verb and the main verb, except with the verb "to be". Therefore, a sentence like : "Not only does she have a servant who attends them, but she also ...." would be more acceptable in standard English, to my knowledge, than the following sentence : "Not only has she a servant who attends them, but she ...." since the verb "have" usually undergoes the same grammatical changes of the other verbs, with the exception of the verb "be" as I explained before.
Well, Consider the following sentences as a further explanation to our grammatical point:
1- Aff: She is a nice woman - Interrog: Is she a nice woman?
- Not only is she a nice woman, but she ......
2- Aff: She has a nice cat - Interrog: Does she have a nice cat?
- Not only does she have a nice cat, but she ...
Anyway, way as I said before, not to know something doesn ´t mean that it is wrong or that only what you know is correct. In addition to that, I ´m not a native English speaker even though I ´m usually trying to learn the language, so maybe I ´ll be so thankful to you if you convince me that we can use both types of sentences.
I ´ll be waiting for your answer. I ´ll be happy to add this info to my knowledge.
P.S. You can post a new topic in the forum. It may look like:
To Native English Speakers Especially:
Which of the two sentences you think is correct?
1- Not only does she have a dog, but she also has a cat.
2- Not only has she a dog, she also has a cat.
I think you ´ll get some helpful responses by posting this or something similar.
Ok, thank you again and have a good night/day
Abdelhadi
