What should I do? Unlike two no only and 1 that?
I found this in The Guardian
Suppose a 50:50 gender divides polygamy not only means that women in polygamous relationships not only receive a small fraction of a man, but some unfortunate men lower down the pecking order will get no woman at all.
I believe the above sentence has grammatical mistakes. Some countries use the word “not only” but have only one. As such. One ” but” is used. If I make the sentence parallel, I have trouble in second not only with, which is highlighted in bold. What can I do when faced with some situation like this?
How find some of the “not only ” which does not follow with ” but “? Where do I rephrase a sentence?
If a 50:50 gender divide is present, polygamy means not only that women in polygamous relationships not only receive a small fraction of a man, but that some unfortunate men lower down the pecking order will get no women at all.
Also read my post About the Affiliates of India.
Where the second “not only” should be “only” to make a logical sentence. What is the origin behind this article? Is it published deliberately?
For a completed sentence, I personally perfer “but also” over “but” (although “but” is allowed according to credible sources, for example in the Cambridge dictionary). With a long sentence like this one, the idiomatically “but also” could also help a reader. (adjectively, not just as a dictionary word)
“means” applies to both parts of the sentence, so it should be placed before “not only”.
Given the 50:50 split,
polygamy is not only a separate matter, but doesn’t make men do anything in the pecking order if they have a choice. It’s also a feisty and a sinister combination that some men are right with doing (or arguing with) two women. What will you deal with if a woman gets nothing?
What is the meaning of “nonexistent” in a general sense?
