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Combine the sentences using "Not only... but also" conjunction:
I apologised to him. I apologised to his sister.
Combine the sentences using "Not only... but also" conjunction:
I apologised to him. I apologised to his sister.
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The correct option is B I apologised not only to him, but also to his sister.
"Not only... but also" is a correlative conjunction which always appears in these word pairs. It is used to present two related pieces of information, with the second one being more surprising than the first. The most important rule to remember about using this conjunction is that both the pieces of information must be parallel structures. i.e. the words following both parts of this conjunction (i.e both "not only" and "but also") should belong to the same part of speech. For example, if a verb follows "not only", then a verb should follow "but also". In the given example, the two pieces of information describe two actions which the same subject (the pronoun- "I") did.
Option A: The word following "Not only" is "I", which is a pronoun. The words following "but also" are "to his sister", which is a prepositional phrase. The two parts of speech are different. Hence, this option is grammatically incorrect. Option B: The word following "not only" is "apologised", which is a verb. The words following "but also" is "to his sister", which is a prepositional phrase. The two parts of speech are different. Hence, this option is grammatically incorrect.Option C: "To him" as well as "to his sister" are both prepositional phrase. As the words following both "not only" and "but also" are prepositional phrases (same parts of speech), this option is grammatically correct. Option D: Here, the word pairs - "not only" and "but also" follow each other in sequence without any words in between. However, to be grammatically correct: The words "not only" is followed by one part of the sentence and "but also" is followed by another part of the sentence. Hence, this option is incorrect.
"Not only... but also" is a correlative conjunction which always appears in these word pairs. It is used to present two related pieces of information, with the second one being more surprising than the first. The most important rule to remember about using this conjunction is that both the pieces of information must be parallel structures. i.e. the words following both parts of this conjunction (i.e both "not only" and "but also") should belong to the same part of speech. For example, if a verb follows "not only", then a verb should follow "but also".
In the given example, the two pieces of information describe two actions which the same subject (the pronoun- "I") did.
Option A: The word following "Not only" is "I", which is a pronoun. The words following "but also" are "to his sister", which is a prepositional phrase. The two parts of speech are different. Hence, this option is grammatically incorrect.
Option B: The word following "not only" is "apologised", which is a verb. The words following "but also" is "to his sister", which is a prepositional phrase. The two parts of speech are different. Hence, this option is grammatically incorrect.
Option C: "To him" as well as "to his sister" are both prepositional phrase. As the words following both "not only" and "but also" are prepositional phrases (same parts of speech), this option is grammatically correct.
Option D: Here, the word pairs - "not only" and "but also" follow each other in sequence without any words in between. However, to be grammatically correct: The words "not only" is followed by one part of the sentence and "but also" is followed by another part of the sentence. Hence, this option is incorrect.
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