<p>This book shows readers not only what might happen is they try to deal with the problem by themselves (but it's all right to seek help.)</p>
<p>a. but it's all right to seek help.
b. but explains that help is all right to seek
c. explaining that it's all right to seek help
d. and also explains that it's all right to seek help
e. but also explains that it's all right to seek help</p>
<p>that's Q14 of barrons writing workbook, practice test b, section 2.</p>
<p>the book says answer's E, but i can't get the explanation lol</p>
<p>if E is the answer, (i think) the sentence can be broken into these two, the second of which is very odd:</p>
<p>this book shows readers what might happen if they try to deal with the problem.
this book shows readers explains that it's all right to seek help.(???)</p>
<p>can anyone help?</p>
<p>First of all ,DO NOT WORK with problems that are not made by the CB.These questions (from Barron<code>s,Gruber</code>s and so long) do not follow tha same standarts as the CB`s tests do.</p>
<p>The correct answer is E ,because ''not only'' goes with ''bul also'' .Remember this.</p>
<p>This book shows readers not only what might happen if they try to deal with the problemby themselves (E: but also explains that it's all right to seek help)
=> This book shows readers not only ~blahblahblah~, but also explains ~blahblahblah~.
The essential message is that the book has two functions. Not only this but also that.
1. This book shows readers (what might happen~~)
2. This book explains that it's all right to seek help.
E is the best choice, it makes it sound- well... just good.</p>
<p>Just remember grammar "pairs"</p>
<p>Either goes with or
Neither - nor
Not only - but also </p>
<p>Those are three off the top of my head - I think there are more. </p>
<p>If the first part of one of the pairs appears, the correct answer will always contain the second member of the pair.</p>
<p>jsquare, your thinking is basically right. There appears to be something wrong with the question, if the sentence reads "This book shows readers not only what might happen if they try to deal with the problem by themselves (but it's all right to seek help)."</p>
<p>"Not only" should be paired with "but also," as previous posters have mentioned.</p>
<p>But there's one other point to observe: The items following "not only" and "but also" should be parallel. So, it would be correct to say "This book not only shows readers what might happen if they try to deal with the problem by themselves, but also explains that it's all right to seek help." This makes "shows . . . " and "explains . . . " the items that are connected by the correlative conjunctions. But if you say "This book shows readers not only what might happen . . . , but also [fill in blank]," then the [fill in blank] should be parallel to "what might happen," not to "shows." So, it would also be correct to say something like "This book shows readers not only what might happen if they try to deal with the problem by themselves, but also how they might benefit from seeking help" (still, not a very good sentence).</p>
<p>As it stands, though, while "e" might be the best of a bad lot, you're not actually being offered a correct choice.</p>
<p>QuantMech nails it. </p>
<p>Just a quick FYI: book_worm hits the most important pairs (or correlative conjunctions, as they are technically known), and is also right that there are more, including both . . . and
not . . . but, whether . . . or, as . . . as, and a few others.</p>