Discussion
In the sentence below, a part is printed in bold. Choose the alternative that best replaces it. If no improvement is needed, choose ‘No correction required’.
Not only did he win the match but he also broke the record.
Answer: B
Correct answer: but he also broke
The sentence is correctly constructed, and the printed phrase is the one to keep. Not only…but also is a correlative pair, and two things must be got right. First, when not only is fronted at the start of a clause, the subject and auxiliary are inverted in that clause - not only did he win, which the sentence already does. Second, the second clause returns to normal word order: but he also broke. Inverting both clauses, as but also broke he does, is the error the question guards against. The placement of also is flexible in the second clause - but he also broke the record and but also broke the record are both heard - provided the elements balanced by the pair are grammatically parallel. Replacing but also with and destroys the correlative and weakens the emphasis the construction exists to create.
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