LaMelange
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Hello teachers,
Greetings!
I am having some questions regarding the use of the correlative conjunction not only...but also.
1. In sentences with the correlative conjunction not only…but also, some authors use not only…but (without also). Should we absolutely insert also in all such sentences?
For example, do the following sentences need also after the word but?
· In this section, I show how these traces of violence are related not only to the culture of fear but to the performative effects of the memory of the opposition to the regime.
· They have the support not only of Florence but of an entire group.
Also, sometimes I come across sentences with just but also without not only. Here is an example:
As such, the very term used to emphasize the primary importance of an inclusive community in post-apartheid South Africa is rendered archaic, but also turned into a shibboleth that supposedly protects this community from “outsiders.”
2. Is this sentence correct? If not, would the following correction be OK?
As such, the very term used to emphasize the primary importance of an inclusive community in post-apartheid South Africa not only is rendered archaic, but also has turned into a shibboleth that supposedly protects this community from “outsiders.”
As always, thank you very much for your patience.
PS: The sentences are from the chapters I have been working on recently (from a book in the manuscript stage).
Greetings!
I am having some questions regarding the use of the correlative conjunction not only...but also.
1. In sentences with the correlative conjunction not only…but also, some authors use not only…but (without also). Should we absolutely insert also in all such sentences?
For example, do the following sentences need also after the word but?
· In this section, I show how these traces of violence are related not only to the culture of fear but to the performative effects of the memory of the opposition to the regime.
· They have the support not only of Florence but of an entire group.
Also, sometimes I come across sentences with just but also without not only. Here is an example:
As such, the very term used to emphasize the primary importance of an inclusive community in post-apartheid South Africa is rendered archaic, but also turned into a shibboleth that supposedly protects this community from “outsiders.”
2. Is this sentence correct? If not, would the following correction be OK?
As such, the very term used to emphasize the primary importance of an inclusive community in post-apartheid South Africa not only is rendered archaic, but also has turned into a shibboleth that supposedly protects this community from “outsiders.”
As always, thank you very much for your patience.
PS: The sentences are from the chapters I have been working on recently (from a book in the manuscript stage).