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not only . . . but also?

 
 
Reply Wed 21 Jul, 2010 08:33 am
In using the correlative conjunction "not only ... but also", can "also" be replaced with "too"? For example, instead of writing, "She not only looked good, but also felt good", could one write, "She not only looked good, but felt good too"?
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jgweed
 
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Reply Wed 21 Jul, 2010 08:50 am
or: "...as well."
The first is a more formal convention, the second less so; which you use would depends on the situation (audience).
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McTag
 
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Reply Wed 21 Jul, 2010 08:58 am
@mockingbird,

Yes.

If you start with "not only", it is perhaps expected that an "also" will follow.
As mentioned, it is a slightly more formal expression.
The whole can be simplified, as in everyday speech, into something like
"She looked good, and felt good too."
But even here, they are interchangeable:
"She looked good, and also felt good."
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