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by divya23 » Thu Jun 09, 2011 9:03 am
not only did the systematic cleansing of forest in the u.s create farmland(especially in north east) and gave consumers relatively inexpensive houses and furniture, but it also caused erosion and very quickly deforestated whole region

the systematic cleansing of forest in the us created farmland(especially in north east)and gave consumers relatively inexpensive houses and furniture, but it also caused erosion and very quickly deforestated whole region


which one is correct
[spoiler]oa = 2[/spoiler]
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by aspirant2011 » Thu Jun 09, 2011 9:10 am
The same post was posted recently by someone and a brilliant explanation was given (I think by atul mangal) that idiom "not only but also" should be used only when both are talking about the same flow, in option A if u notice one part talks positive thing "create farmland" and the other part talks about the negative thing "caused erosion"

Therefore,option 1 is wrong and option 2 is correct..........
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