Question

Choose the option that best fills in the blanks:

_____ you should go to bed early _____ you should make yourself a strong cup of coffee in the morning, so you don't feel drowsy.

• A. Not only, but also
• B. Neither, nor
• C. Either, or
• D. Though, yet

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Either, or

"A strong cup of coffee" is usually made when one is sleepy or hasn't slept enough. When you "go to bed early", you wake up fresh and don't really 'require' a strong cup of coffee, unless it's a routine. In the given sentence, these obligations are mentioned "go to bed early" and "make yourself a strong cup of coffee". According to the explanation just given, one of the two should be chosen, and 'either...of' is the appropriate option. 'Either...or' is used in sentences in the affirmative sense when referring to a choice between two possibilities, hence option C is correct. 'Not only...but also' presents two pieces of information that are usually surprising or shocking, and while using 'not only...but also' in the beginning of the sentence, when a modal verb (a verb that expresses obligation) is present "should", then it comes right before that modal verb, 'not only should' and here the pronoun 'you' comes before 'should'. For both the reasons, that the sentence does not have any surprising or unusual pieces of information, and the rule and requirement concerning the modal verb isn't fulfilled, option A is incorrect. 'Neither...nor' is used in a sentence in the negative way when none of the options should be chosen, but when you place it in this sentence, it isn't relevant because "neither should you go to be early" and "nor should you make yourself a strong cup of coffee" are both not true, hence option B is incorrect. 'Though...yet' is used in sentences with alternatives, and both alternative possibilities are true in spite of them being alternate, whereas in the given sentence, one choice is to be made, hence option D is incorrect.