By offering friendlier service and a wider variety of cuisines, such as Ethiopian and Vietnamese foods, the new local restaurant has not only taken customers from other restaurants but also forced them to introduce new types of foods to their menus.
has not only taken customers from other restaurants but also forced them
has not only taken customers from other restaurants but it also forced them
has not only taken customers from other restaurants but also forced these restaurants
not only has taken customers from other restaurants but also these restaurants have been forced
not only took customers from other restaurants, but it also has forced them
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karthikpandian19 wrote:By offering friendlier service and a wider variety of cuisines, such as Ethiopian and Vietnamese foods, the new local restaurant has not only taken customers from other restaurants but also forced them to introduce new types of foods to their menus.
has not only taken customers from other restaurants but also forced them
>> them may refer to customers or restaurants
has not only taken customers from other restaurants but it also forced them
>> no referent for it
has not only taken customers from other restaurants but also forced these restaurants
>> taken and forced parallel... no pronoun ambiguity
not only has taken customers from other restaurants but also these restaurants have been forced
>> not only X but also Y.. X and Y need to be parallel
not only took customers from other restaurants, but it also has forced them
>> same issue as D and B
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We can also go by eliminating B & E, as it violates the idiom "not only.....but also"
From A, C, D.....
Eliminate A for Pronoun ambiguity "them"
Eliminate D for passive voice at the end "have been forced
So C is the final one
From A, C, D.....
Eliminate A for Pronoun ambiguity "them"
Eliminate D for passive voice at the end "have been forced
So C is the final one
karthikpandian19 wrote:By offering friendlier service and a wider variety of cuisines, such as Ethiopian and Vietnamese foods, the new local restaurant has not only taken customers from other restaurants but also forced them to introduce new types of foods to their menus.
has not only taken customers from other restaurants but also forced them
has not only taken customers from other restaurants but it also forced them
has not only taken customers from other restaurants but also forced these restaurants
not only has taken customers from other restaurants but also these restaurants have been forced
not only took customers from other restaurants, but it also has forced them
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NOT ONLY X ...BUT ALSO Y (X and Y must be parallel)karthikpandian19 wrote:By offering friendlier service and a wider variety of cuisines, such as Ethiopian and Vietnamese foods, the new local restaurant has not only taken customers from other restaurants but also forced them to introduce new types of foods to their menus.
has not only taken customers from other restaurants but also forced them
has not only taken customers from other restaurants but it also forced them
has not only taken customers from other restaurants but also forced these restaurants
not only has taken customers from other restaurants but also these restaurants have been forced
not only took customers from other restaurants, but it also has forced them
A - not only taken ..but also forced (PARALLEL); but THEM IS AMBIGUOUS
B - not only taken..but it also forced (NOT PARALLEL; IT present only in Y); THEM IS AMBIGUOUS
D - not only has taken ...but also these restaurants have been forced (NOT PARALLEL; restaurants present only in Y); use of HAVE BEEN FORCED suggests that FORCING IS NOT DONE BY THE NEW LOCAL RESTURANT (different from original meaning)
E - SAME AS D
IMO C
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You are right...... i just did a typo.....anyway i corrected....
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patanjali.purpose wrote:NOT ONLY X ...BUT ALSO Y (X and Y must be parallel)karthikpandian19 wrote:By offering friendlier service and a wider variety of cuisines, such as Ethiopian and Vietnamese foods, the new local restaurant has not only taken customers from other restaurants but also forced them to introduce new types of foods to their menus.
has not only taken customers from other restaurants but also forced them
has not only taken customers from other restaurants but it also forced them
has not only taken customers from other restaurants but also forced these restaurants
not only has taken customers from other restaurants but also these restaurants have been forced
not only took customers from other restaurants, but it also has forced them
A - not only taken ..but also forced (PARALLEL); but THEM IS AMBIGUOUS
B - not only taken..but it also forced (NOT PARALLEL; IT present only in Y); THEM IS AMBIGUOUS
D - not only has taken ...but also these restaurants have been forced (NOT PARALLEL; restaurants present only in Y); use of HAVE BEEN FORCED suggests that FORCING IS NOT DONE BY THE NEW LOCAL RESTURANT (different from original meaning)
E - SAME AS D
IMO C
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(C) is good as it clearly references the other restaurants.
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