not only...but also

[blacknomi]

1) Success not only depends on talent but also on effort. :(
2) Succcess depends not only on talent but also on effort. :D

We have to put preposition phrase after 'not only' if thre's any. In addition, either preposition that follows 'not only' and 'but also' cannot be omitted. Am I wrong?

[Casiopea]

1) Success not only depends on talent but also on effort. :(
2) Succcess depends not only on talent but also on effort. :D

We have to put preposition phrase after 'not only' if thre's any. In addition, either preposition that follows 'not only' and 'but also' cannot be omitted. Am I wrong?

not only...but also is a correlative conjunction. It joins words, phases, or clauses of equal rank.

Verb phrases
Success not only depends on talent, but also requires initiative.

Prepositional phrases
Success depends not only on talent, but also on effort.

Noun phrases
Not only milk, but also bread.

Clauses
Not only does he do his best, but also he does it correctly.

[blacknomi]

Ah! It's super clear!
Thanks for making my days brighter! :D

[Casiopea]

Ah! It's super clear!
Thanks for making my days brighter! :D

You are welcome. :D

By the way, speakers often

1. omit (...) 'also':

Not only that, but (also) this.

2. omitted 'but':

Not only did he do that, (but) he also did this.

3. separate 'but' and 'also':

Not only did he do that, but he also did this.

[blacknomi]

If I were a student of yours in Japan, that would be fatastic! :wink:

[Joe]

Success not only depends on talent, but also requires initiative.

Cas, what exactly is "initiative" in a sentence like "success requires initiative"? The ability to decide what to do? I don't quite get the long explanation in the dictionary. :(

[Casiopea]

Success not only depends on talent, but also requires initiative.

Cas, what exactly is "initiative" in a sentence like "success requires initiative"? The ability to decide what to do? I don't quite get the long explanation in the dictionary. :(

The ability to do/start something on your own. :wink: That is, no one tells you what to do or how to do something. You see a situation and decide on your own how to act. Management (i.e., supervisors, managers, bosses) usually has initiative. In North America, companies tend to hire people with initiative/who have initiative. :)

[Casiopea]

If I were a student of yours in Japan, that would be fatastic! :wink:

Thanks/Thanx :D

Where are your students from?

[Casiopea]

Success not only depends on talent, but also requires initiative.

Cas, what exactly is "initiative" in a sentence like "success requires initiative"? The ability to decide what to do? I don't quite get the long explanation in the dictionary. :(

Joe, :D , in your Location's field is states:

Where everything is all "people's"

Which of the two, A or B, does it mean? :?

A. Where everything belongs to the people.
B. Where everywhere you look there are people.

[Joe]

Joe, :D , in your Location's field is states:

Where everything is all "people's"

Which of the two, A or B, does it mean? :?

A. Where everything belongs to the people.
B. Where everywhere you look there are people.

Cas, I meant "A", literally. I have no idea how it appeared to a native speaker that I might be suggesting "B".

We have almost everything labelled "people's", like "people's republic", "people's army", "people's court", etc. However, they are ignoring one simple fact: the more whatever you get, the more it gets unworthy. :)