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Scheffer
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Grammar Problem
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Dear colleagues,
Yesterday, I came across with an intriguing question: a student of mine had taken an international exam and he showed me an exercise in which the alternatives, in my opinion, don �t seem to fit the rest of the sentence. I would appreciate it if any of you would bring the answer to light.
Not only_____ like business, he loves anything connected to finance.
a) he b) he likes c) he like d) does he |
24 May 2012
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miss_alejandra
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hi! yesterday I read about correlative conjuctions, and I found a thing that may help you:
example "not only (did they break into his office and steal his books), but (they also tore his manuscripts)".
the sentece acquires a more dramatic effect when positioning not only initially, with SUBJECT - OPERATOR INVERSION, when the two clauses are entire clauses.
so, I think the last one mightbe the right one. |
24 May 2012
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Hocine B.
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Hocine B.
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Answer d ( does he) is the right
choice.The inversion construction ( question word order )is used when
not only is used at the beginning of a sentence.
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24 May 2012
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Jayho
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Answer D::
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Negatives
- He is a doctor.
He ate an apple. |
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Not only is he a doctor, (but) he is also a millionaire.
Not only did he eat an apple, (but) he also ate an orange. |
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Usually, a "not only" feels lost without a "but also" to pal around with. However, it is idiomatically possible and acceptable to omit the "but also." Burchfield gives this example: "Rowers not only face backward, they race backward."
Authority: The New Fowler �s Modern English Usage edited by R.W. Burchfield. Clarendon Press: Oxford, England. 1996. Used with the permission of Oxford University Press. (under "not") |
24 May 2012
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Scheffer
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You helped me a lot cuz I really had no idea.
Thanx again.
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24 May 2012
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wizardesl
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Hi,
The correct answer is D. When you start a sentence with a negative expression, you have to invert the subject, as if it were a question.
Isabel Santos
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24 May 2012
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