The play "Fiddler on the Roof" centers around the Matchmaker. Hard to imagine giving one person the power to control with whom you will spend the rest of your life. It is true in many other cultures, but so foreign in our American culture. Maybe that is one reason we struggle with correlatives. Correlatives are the matchmakers. Their job is to indicate which words or ideas have a mutual relationship. If you love two things and what to express the mutual love for each, correlatives will show the love. The key is to make sure the correlative is NEXT to the idea being created to be in that relationship.
We'll start with the correlative set: not only, but also. Remember the key, put them next to the idea they are relating.
I love not only skiing but also running.
The common error is:
I not only love skiing but also running. Now our little matchmaker is relating loving to running. It's not the verb love that needs relating but the gerund skiing.
Another example:
I am in love not only with Justin Beiber and Zach Efron but also Finn from Glee. Note: Guess who I was thinking about when I wrote that sentence?
Common Error:
I am not only in love with JB and Zach but also Finn.
Who does this crazed teeny bopper love? ALL THREE! Put the correlative next to the names she loves without separating the verb from the subject. Remember, correlatives love to matchmake. Help them do their job by placing them next to the ideas they correlate.
Here is a link to a quiz-good luck!
http://www.dailywritingtips.com/a-%E2%80%9Cnot-only-but-also%E2%80%9D-quiz/
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