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Message de taconnet posté le 12-02-2010 à 19:11:33 (S | E | F)
Bonjour.
En parcourant Book of English Usage, voici ce que j'ai pu lire à la page 56.
Not only ... but also
As with others correlative conjunctions, you should follow each part of the not only ... but also... construction with an element of the same grammatical type. Thus instead of :
« She not only bought a new car but also a new lawnmower.»
you should write :
« She bought not only a new car but also a new lawnmower.»
Because in this version both not only and but also are followed by noun phrases.
Leaving out the also from this construction tends to intensify the first part of the construction rather than supplement it.
« She is not only smart but brilliant.»
« He not only wanted the diamond but wanted it desperately.»
Ma question est la suivante :
Compte tenu de la règle précedente les phrases suivantes sont-elles correctement construites ?
Not only the bathroom was flooded, but also the rest of the house.
Not only was she late but her car did not start.
Message de taconnet posté le 12-02-2010 à 19:11:33 (S | E | F)
Bonjour.
En parcourant Book of English Usage, voici ce que j'ai pu lire à la page 56.
Not only ... but also
As with others correlative conjunctions, you should follow each part of the not only ... but also... construction with an element of the same grammatical type. Thus instead of :
« She not only bought a new car but also a new lawnmower.»
you should write :
« She bought not only a new car but also a new lawnmower.»
Because in this version both not only and but also are followed by noun phrases.
Leaving out the also from this construction tends to intensify the first part of the construction rather than supplement it.
« She is not only smart but brilliant.»
« He not only wanted the diamond but wanted it desperately.»
Ma question est la suivante :
Compte tenu de la règle précedente les phrases suivantes sont-elles correctement construites ?
Not only the bathroom was flooded, but also the rest of the house.
Not only was she late but her car did not start.
Réponse: Not only but also de dolfine56, postée le 12-02-2010 à 22:55:37 (S | E)
Bonsoir Taconnet,
est-ce une colle?
je dirais que la 1r phrase :
Not only the bathroom was flooded, but also the rest of the house
est juste: on a un nom après "not only " et après "but also".
par contre, pour la 2è:
Not only was she late but her car did not start
on a un verbe après "not only" et un pronom après" but".
je dirais:
not only was she late, but also couldn't start her car.
is it better ?
Réponse: Not only but also de taconnet, postée le 12-02-2010 à 23:11:11 (S | E)
Bonjour Dolfine.
Non ce n'est pas une colle.
La première phrase figure dans un livre de grammaire anglaise.
La seconde est extraite d'un cours d'anglais.
Voici de la lecture pour corriger vos erreurs.
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Modifié par bridg le 12-02-2010 23:32
Vous aviez déjà abordé ce point, donné un cours et un lien ici:
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Donc si ce n'est pas une colle et que vous connaissez déjà la réponse grâce à vos documents, quel est le but?
Réponse: Not only but also de willy, postée le 13-02-2010 à 21:26:10 (S | E)
Hello!
La seconde phrase n'est pas correcte :
1) "also" manque (la phrase n'illustre donc pas la théorie qui précède)
2) le sujet des deux propositions doit être le même
Il faudrait dire, par exemple :
Not only was she late but she was also unable to start her car/it was also impossible for her to start her car.
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