NOT ONLY... BUT ALSO. ADVANCED ENGLISH GRAMMAR EXPLAINED. INVERSION

Many English learners make mistakes with this structure!
Not only... but also is a useful advanced grammar structure but quite tricky as there is a lot to remember and it's easy to get it wrong.
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0:00 Why this is important!
1:34 How and when we use it.
2:02 First example
2:38 Inversion
4:10 Second example
4:40 Third example
5:29 Fourth example
6:40 Parallelism
8:05 Review
9:02 Amy's example
#grammar #advancedenglish #advancedgrammar #inversion #c1advanced #c2proficiency #b2first

[@jenniferfarr5678]

🌻Not only you are a good teacher but, you are also an expressive and imaginative content creator of educational material. Thank you, Teacher Ben.

[@roger-love-you]

You have a spelling mistake, you should invert subject-verb order and say "Not only are you"

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Thank you, Jennifer! 🙏

[@jenniferfarr5678]

@@roger-love-youHi Roger, thanks for your time in showing me the correct way to use this structure🌷

[@roger-love-you]

@@jenniferfarr5678 No problem!

[@civinetceskaaslovenskarepu4314]

😊😊

[@wadewilson7822]

I had my advanced exam on the 15th of July and spent the night before the exam watching your tips for the speaking part and it was extremely useful. I’d say I speak good English for a non native speaker but sometimes conversations can get pretty stale as I tend to repeat myself so your suggestions helped a lot to keep things “fresh”. I passed with a 206 out of 210 and considering I basically had to prepare the whole thing in a week I feel extremely proud. Thank you so much for your content, I’ll come back for sure if I feel brave enough to take the proficiency

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

That's great! Congratulations 👏 I'm glad you found my videos useful

[@aram5642]

This word 'only' is one of the most challenging ones. Affects the word order, and depending on where you put it, can also completely change the meaning

[@melikapahlavan1166]

Not only do you speak fluently,but you also teach well

[@hatice7054]

I have been looking for a video for exactly this grammer rule for months!

[@englishteacher3253]

Excellent explanation!

[@user-nv6ie7rh2f]

That's a very useful lesson! Thank you, Ben!

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

My pleasure 🙂

[@user-qo1ws7tc8k]

Not only have they learned new advanced grammar, but they also have had an opportunity to practice it! Not only was he elated, but also astounded

[@elizanagrey9576]

This was very helpful. God bless 🙌 🙏

[@soksimanuth2855]

Not only are you good at explaining the meaning, but also giving the examples.

[@Dareios074]

This one and similar expressions, like the previous one, are very commonly used in everyday conversation, mostly almost without noticing. Thank you for bringing it up. I think there is more to come, you seem to know what we need👍

[@user-cc2ux9ew1r]

Ben, not only are you a great teacher, but you're also a wonderful man. Ciao for now 👋

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Ha ha... Stop buttering me up! 😃

[@user-cc2ux9ew1r]

@@tothepointenglishwithben. 🤗

[@FootballEnglish15]

Could you please explain to us as to how we can use participial clauses correctly? Thank you in advance.

[@turicoppola9815]

Thank you Ben for sharing your own knowledge with us. Each lesson is like a treasure😍

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

My pleasure!

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Little did I know how educational KZbin is, actually. :) Yeah, anyways, everyone here should be really grateful for all the effort that you're putting in those videos! Cheers :)

[@amillionslikeme3030]

always helpful and straight to the point ♥️♥️thanks a lot

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Glad you found it helpful 🙂

[@roger-love-you]

straight to the point*

[@vanessadimarco158]

Super helpful, Thank you very much. Not only are your video useful, but also very enjoyable

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Thanks Vanessa 🙂

[@user-hk5cl3ls7l]

Very nice

[@IKSx09]

Thanks man, im sure I'll get 7 or more points in my IELTS exam👍

[@alinalesova243]

A very detailed explanation of “not only…but also “. Thank you, Ben!

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

You're welcome, Alina 🙂

[@ahmedmakbool6581]

Seriously, I enjoy watching your videos.🎉 Thank you Mr Ben. I'm from Egypt and I'm a fresh English teacher. Honestly, thank you again 🙏. I hope to keep doing the hard work 😊.

[@kawtharfakih586]

Not only i understand the idea but also I master it

[@DAG_M]

Great as always. I ve seen on the Internet that we can use it without inversion. Should we? Like in this example - "The car is not only economical but also fun to drive"

[@elenamunoz1255]

Many thanks 😊

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

You're welcome 😊

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I passed my C2 Proficiency in July, your films helped me a lot. I am really grateful.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Congratulations! 👏👏👏 Fantastic achievement. I'm glad my videos helped 🙂

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Hi Ben,thanks😊

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Hi Silvia... You're welcome 🙂

[@familytoys2381]

I hope sir you make videos about the IELTS writing test

[@neatmoreengineering-vv3nw]

This video is very much capable of describing my old mistakes. Now I got the rid of them because of this intreseting video. Not only do I watch this video but also your other useful videos, as I have to prepare the b2 exam next 24th. So, I always keep in touch with your you tube channel.

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Thank you Ben I have just received your information on my e mail and it is so helpful and serious However I am a little torn between Engish and French trying hard to achieve equal grade Thanks for everything tips and recommendations Super I am thinking hard which language to choose for C two level

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Ben, I am your new fan from Poland! I'm a young catholic priest. I hope I will improve my skills with your help!! :) All the best!

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Welcome!

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Why don't you have more subscribers? Not only are your lessons educational, but they are also well-explained!

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🥰

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[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

👍

[@ricardobardales8137]

Not only are your lessons understandable, but also provide clues to pass Cambridge exams.

[@user-cc2ux9ew1r]

Hey Ben, I have learned this inversion structure from our mate Gideon. I love using it.. By the way: it can also used for DRAMA, right?

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

What do you mean, Freddie? For dramatic effect?

[@user-cc2ux9ew1r]

Yes dramatic effect not DRAMA sorry my bad. And formality too.

[@soksimanuth2855]

I am not clear with the comma. Do we have to use the comma in the (not only, but also) sentences or is it optional?

[@samirayadgar8197]

Hi Ben. I have a question not relating to this topic. I hope you don’t mind. When quoting someone when do you put the subject after verb? Ex: “I like to dance,” she said. “but not with him .” Here is it “she said” or “said she”? What is the grammar rule here?

[@melikapahlavan1166]

❤❤

[@halley9]

Hi Ben, My examples are: Not only have they ruined my day, but also my house 🏠. Not only is English important for our careers , but it is also helpful for communication with others. I hope that I did very well ☺️❤️

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Excellent!

[@arkadashh]

"The car not only is economical but also feels good to drive". It seems there is no parallelism in the sentence from which i've quoted the Cambridge Dictionary.

[@franciscopontesvelasco4315]

Not only is my wife a good person but she is also good at dealing with twats lol

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Ha ha 😆

[@skepticaldoe6575]

Not only will he take admission here but also he will stay. is this sentence correct?

[@puthenveedlukosedaniel4185]

Father as well as the son is a doctor. Not only the son but also father is/are doctor/doctors, please explain such

[@ivonnerivera425]

Professor Gill, Hi this is Ivonne from Mexico. I have to place an englsih exam soon and I ´m writing you just to see if you can help me correcting one sentence with Parallelism. The sentence is as follows: "Not only is Pope Francis the first Latin American Pope in the Vaticano Country, but also he has chosen the best name as Pope: Francis. Did I get the idea?

[@rahimxsh]

Wich one is better ? He not only read the book, but also remembered what he had read Not only did he read the book , but also rememberd what he had read.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Both are fine. The second is more appropriate for formal writing

[@Roero]

Ben, your lessons are spot on...thank you very much indeed!

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Glad you like them!

[@dammypospisil]

Ben, I took the CAE exam almost a month ago, the results came in a week ago and I failed by two points.. I got 178 :( honestly I feel sad and dissapointed at the same time, because my expectations were pretty high and franky, the computer-based style seemed to me quite organised, yet still I didn't pass. Until this day, I still can't process the fact that I got 150 points from reading part, which means I filled zero correct answers? I don't know.. but maybe Cambridge could send all of us the task, with a watermark on it, so people can actually see what they got wrong and all the mistakes in general. I was considering a second take this fall, because I had been studying a special 1-year "school course" that prepares students for B2, C1 and C2 exams and I am afraid that I will forget most of my vocabulary and knowledge, if not practised regulary, so thererefore I would like to try the CAE exam again. Do you think it is a good idea? Maybe you can perhhaps make a video about that, so students won't be demotivated or dissapointed if they don't pass their chosen level? That would be nice!