"also must"

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Is it correct to use "also" next to "must". For example in the following sentence:

New words are necessary because, as the world changes, so must our vocabulary.

Could I replace that "so" with "also"? I know that the sentence sounds better with "so", at least to my ear.

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If you swap "so" for "also", I would change the word order.

... so must our vocabulary.
... our vocabulary must also.

I find the second version far less natural.
 
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