Question

Correct the underlined part of the sentence. If there is no error choose "no change."

The landscape artist who designed New York City's Central Park believed that providing scenic settings accessible to all would not only benefit the publics' physical and mental health and also foster a sense of democracy.

• A. No change
• B. As it also fosters a sense of democracy.
• C. And would foster a sense of democracy also.
• D. But also foster a sense of democracy.
• E. And foster a sense of democracy also.

Answer 1

The correct option is D But also foster a sense of democracy.

The use of 'not only' requires a 'but also' to follow it. 'Not only...but also' is a correlative conjunction and when using it parallelism should be the goal- the words following both parts of this conjunction should belong to the same parts of speech. Here, using 'and' after 'not only...' distorts the structure of the sentence. Option D is the correct answer.