[Grammar] Is this sentence grammatical? "She is a housewife, isn't a teacher."

[Jeff Yin]

I know "She is a housewife, not a teacher." is okay.
But is "She is a housewife, isn't a teacher." grammatical?

 

[GoesStation]

No.

 

[emsr2d2]

I know "She is a housewife, not a teacher." is okay.
But is "She is a housewife, isn't a teacher." grammatical?

Welcome to the forum. :hi:

Both the full stops I have marked in red above should be removed. Only use a full stop at the end of a quote if it is also the end of the surrounding sentence.

 

[Rover_KE]

I know "She is a housewife, not a teacher." is okay.

How do you know that? Many women are both.

 

[Jeff Yin]

How do you know that? Many women are both.

I was just using this sentence as an example.
The sentence could also be "She is a police officer, not an accountant" and "She is a police officer, isn't an accountant".

 

[Rover_KE]

Fair enough – that's a much better example. The answer's still No.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

If you like isn't, you can say, "She's a police officer, she isn't a teacher."