Some biographers have not only disputed the common notion that Edgar Allan Poe drank to excess but also questioned whether he drank at all.
have not only disputed the common notion that Edgar Allan Poe drank to excess but also questioned whether he drank
not only have disputed the common notion that Edgar Allan Poe drank to excess but also over whether he drank
have disputed not only the common notion that Edgar Allan Poe drank to excess but also whether he may not have drunk
not only have disputed the common notion that Edgar Allan Poe drank to excess but also questioned whether or not he had drunk
have disputed the common notion not only that Edgar Allan Poe drank to excess but also questioned whether he may not have drunk
have not only disputed…… but also questioned ……
not only 。。。but also。。。 的平行。
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If what immediately follows not only is a verb phrase, then what immediately follows but also must also be a verb phrase. And so on. The sentence here correctly uses the not only . . . but also . . . construction: what immediately follows not only is a verb phrase (disputed the common notion . . . ), and what immediately follows but also (questioned whether he drank at all) is a verb phrase as well.
All the possible answer choices here use the construction not only . . . but also . . . We can easily eliminate the choices that use the construction inappropriately. The construction is used appropriately only if what immediately follows not only and but also are grammatically parallel. For example, if what immediately follows not only is an adjectival phrase, then what immediately follows but also must also be an adjectival phrase.
C: have drunk不对 , at all这里是强调的意思,不一定接否定
(not only disputed...but also questioned. Correct use of tenses, logically parallel.)