goelmohit2002 wrote:Probably I am not able to understand what OG meant to say in the similar situation in Q216 of OG-10.
For kicking out option D.....OG says that "choice D is not parallel". Please note that OG is not kicking out D because of "also" missing. But for kicking out E, OG says that the same is not idiomatic.
As per the above explanation of OG what I interpret is that "also" is optional for "not only X but [also] Y"
Can someone please tell what I am missing here ?
The following is the question for quick reference.
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Many policy experts say that shifting a portion of health-benefit costs back to the workers helps to control the employer's costs, but also helps to limit medical spending by making patients more careful consumers.
(A) helps to control the employer's costs, but also helps
(B) helps the control of the employer's costs, and also
(C) not only helps to control the employer's costs, but also helps
(D) helps to control not only the employer's costs, but
(E) not only helps to control the employer's costs, and also helps
You can read the explanation from this angle..
Shifting a portion of health-benefit costs back to the workers does two things:
1. helps to control the employer's costs - X
2. helps to limit medical spending by making patients more careful consumers - Y
Idiom is - not only X, but also Y
As you can see, D changes the meaning of the sentence by taking "helps to control" out of the idiom.. Now it seems that "helps to control" applies to both X and Y and that is incorrect..
Why the explanation says that D is not parallel because in D:
X - Employer's cost
Y - to limit medical spending by making patients more careful consumers
and so X and Y are not parallel.. for them to be parallel, X also needs to be something like "to.. "
Hope it is clear now.. I don't know the answer to the question, but as you can see the only feasible answer seems to be option C
