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[keannu]

Is only 1 correct when a negative phrase in the beginning part of a sentence? Doesn't 2 work?
I know "Nor do I wish to be a scientist; Never did I know; Rarely(Hardly) did he do that" are all such cases, but I wonder if "Not A but B" also belongs to such cases.

11)
1.Not as an advisor but as a journalist did he achieve his dream of flying on the Vomit Comet.
2.Not as an advisor but as a journalist he achieved his dream of flying on the Vomit Comet.

 

[keannu]

Maybe there seems to be a strict rule for this, but I suspect 2 doens't work. If I am mistaken, please let me know.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Maybe there seems to be a strict rule for this, but I suspect 2 doens't work. If I am mistaken, please let me know.

I far prefer #1. I can't say that #2 is not grammatical, though.

 

[probus]

2 can be made natural by inverting the order of the clauses. He achieved his dream of flying on the Vomit Comet not as an advisor but as a journalist.

 

[keannu]

You mean 2 is still unnatural? Few native speakers would say so?

 

[tzfujimino]

Is only 1 correct when a negative phrase in the beginning part of a sentence? Doesn't 2 work?
I know "Nor do I wish to be a scientist; Never did I know; Rarely(Hardly) did he do that" are all such cases, but I wonder if "Not A but B" also belongs to such cases.

11)
1.Not as an advisor but as a journalist did he achieve his dream of flying on the Vomit Comet.
2.Not as an advisor but as a journalist he achieved his dream of flying on the Vomit Comet.

Hello.:-D
As for #2,
"It is not as an advisor but as a journalist that he achieved his dream of flying (...)" sounds natural to me.