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Perfect Symmetry: Using "Not Only ... But Also" Correctly with the Help of Pinker's Bracketing Technique

Oct 4

Perfect Symmetry: Using "Not Only ... But Also" Correctly with the Help of Pinker's Bracketing Technique

I n this post, we'll see examples of how to handle "not only ... but also" constructions correctly by using a simple bracketing technique...

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Aug 5, 2021

A Period Never Follows an Exclamation Mark: An Exception to the Rule

Double punctuation is ugly, but unavoidable sometimes. For example, it appears in dialogue: He said, "I try to avoid double punctuation."...

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