Can anyone help me with this sentence structure; not only~, but also~.
Hello.
I learned that 'verb+object' should come right after when a sentence starts with 'not only', like 'not only is staying up late harmful to physical health but also...'
does this mean that the order after 'not only' is same to the order after interrogative such as 'why, when..'?

Thank you in advance =)

Question

Can anyone help me with this sentence structure; not only~, but also~.
Hello.
I learned that 'verb+object' should come right after when a sentence starts with 'not only', like 'not only is staying up late harmful to physical health but also...'
does this mean that the order after 'not only' is same to the order after interrogative such as 'why, when..'?

Thank you in advance =)

Answer

The word order is correct. But it usually depends what you are negating.

Not only is staying up late harmful to physical health... = negates "is harmful to physical health". Therefore "Not only is..."
Not only staying up is harmful.... = negating "staying up". Therefore "not only staying up...."

I hope that is clear.

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