not only, but as well 在句子中的位置

Original text:
These peculiar forms not only seemed designed to shock people emotionally, but to give them electric shocks as well!

我认为 not only 的位置不对,应该改为:

These peculiar forms seemed designed not only to shock people emotionally, but to give them electric shocks as well!

to shock..., to give... 并列


请帮忙确认,我的理解是否有错,谢谢!


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黎反修   - 英语翻译 (已退休)
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         我认为你的看法是正确的,因为在这个结构中, not only 和 but 后面应该接对等的结构。

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一起森巴舞   - 翻译君

not only...but also... 及其各种变体,不仅可以连接各种对等成分,还可以连接两个并列分句。你这个例句就是连接两个并列分句,第二个句子承前省略相同的成分。补全的话:These peculiar forms not only seemed designed to shock people emotionally, but they seemed designed to give them electric shocks as well!

我们日常见到的
not only...but also... 及其各种变体连接的两个并列分句,大多是 not only 位于句首,第一个分句局部倒装(第二分句不倒装)的形式:Not only did these peculiar forms seem designed to shock people emotionally, but to give them electric shocks as well!

最新出炉的外刊例句,你可尝试补全省略的内容,再变为倒装句,巩固一下这个知识点:As a result, Europe’s largest economy not only faces a rethink about how much it needs to invest in defence, but an equally difficult economic reckoning.

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