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Indirect speech (7) | Adj: This sentence is neither correct nor natural
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Not only did she go to ... but... Tue Sep 19, 2006 17:24 pm  Not only did she go to ... but...
 

Hi,

I've got the below question from an on-line test. However, answer "C" has been mentioned to be the right one.
Do you agree?

The Question:
Not only ..... to London but she also visited many other places in England.

A - she went
B - went she
C - did she go

It sounds really odd to say: Not only did she go to ... but...
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Not only did she go to ... but... Tue Sep 19, 2006 18:07 pm  Not only did she go to ... but...
 

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Hi Fooz

Yes, C is correct.

When a sentence begins with "Not only" it is followed by inverted word order, i.e., the same word order as for a question. With the simple present or the simple past tense that means you need to use do + base form of the verb --- just as you do when you build a question.

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It sounds really odd to say: Not only did she go to ... but...

It sounds excellent to me. Laughing Wink
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Not only did she go to ... but... Tue Sep 19, 2006 18:20 pm  Not only did she go to ... but...
 

Dear Yankee,

Thanks a lot ...

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