[max]

Hi Erin,
Thanks a lot for your intelligible explanation. Nevertheless, I still have few questions.

Here are some examples:

Max (BTW, that's my cousin's name!) is not only smart, but also polite.

Not only is Max smart, but he is also polite.

Make sense??

I understand that in case of ‘NOT ONLY’ we have the inversion and so the first part of sentence must be ‘Not only is Max smart’
But I not understand a thing why the second part of sentence is “but he is also polite”.
In other word, would the sentence like ‘Not only is Max smart, but also he is polite’ be correct?

And another question,
Please, read a sentence from Nelson Toefl:

Not only the inflation rate was rising but unemployment, always a specter since the 1930’s, was on the increase.

- the correct answer is "the inflation’s rate"

Will this sentence have the correct structure (not only…..but)?

Does the structure "NOT ONLY….BUT" exist?

Thanks once again,
Max






Edited by - max on 2002 Jun 12 15:32:11