PROFESSIONAL CONVERSATION ON THE BGF WHATSAPP PLATFORM ON THURSDAY NOVEMBER 16, 2023
[07:46, 16/11/2023] Tony Ekata: A QUICK NOTE on the use of the correlative conjunction NOT ONLY … BUT ALSO
CONTEXT
- “Her contributions have not only earned her the respect and admiration of her colleague-journalists in Katsina State, a development that has reportedly elevated the reputation of the media outfit as well.”
SHOULD BE
- Her contributions have NOT ONLY earned her the respect and admiration of her colleague-journalists in Katsina State BUT have ALSO reportedly elevated the reputation of the media outfit.
[07:46, 16/11/2023] Tony Ekata: CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS are fixed. Other examples are:
Either…or
Neither…nor
Whether…or
No sooner…than
Rather…than
Such…that
Scarcely…when
As many/much…as
Both…and
Etc.
[07:47, 16/11/2023] Makinde Ayo: Between…?
[07:49, 16/11/2023] Makinde Ayo: I see a lot of “between…to”, so I’m wondering if that’s also been upgraded while I was in Pluto.
[07:58, 16/11/2023] Tony Ekata
BETWEEN … AND
- Ayo shuttles BETWEEN Ajah AND Lekki every day.
NOT
- Ayo shuttles BETWEEN Ajah TO Lekki every day.
- The incident happened BETWEEN 1980 AND 1999.
NOT
- The incident happened BETWEEN 1980 TO 1999.
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[08:16, 16/11/2023] Sophis Place: “Between” is also used as a preposition or adverb.
In this case, and I dare say in most cases, when in and between as used together, it is grammatically wrong to use “in” and “between” un-hyphenated. When it is hyphenated, it does not function as a preposition.
[08:19, 16/11/2023] Sophis Place: You can only use in and between un-hyphenated if and only if it is part of a phrasal verb.
[08:28, 16/11/2023] Tony Ekata: PHRASAL VERBS are commonly misused, especially with separable and inseparable phrasal verbs, and transitive and intransitive phrasal verbs.
As the term implies, for inseparable phrasal verbs, the combination must be used together while for separable, the particles of the main verb may be separated.
[08:31, 16/11/2023] Tony Ekata: Like Transitive and Intransitive Verbs, Transitive Phrasal Verbs act on direct objects while Intransitive Phrasal Verbs have no (direct) objects.
[08:33, 16/11/2023] Tony Ekata: EXAMPLES OF TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSITIVE PHRASAL VERBS
- The couple BROKE UP. (They separated) INTRANSITIVE (No object)
- The teacher BROKE DOWN the lesson (lesson=object). (He made the lesson simpler) TRANSITIVE.
- You can’t GIVE UP now. (Can’t surrender now) INTRANSITIVE.
- The robber GAVE UP his pistol (pistol=object). (He surrendered his pistol) TRANSITIVE.
[08:37, 16/11/2023] Tony Ekata: Phrasal Verbs can be quite confusing because the components are not used in their regular sense. They function like idioms. It might be necessary to take a detailed look at the types and their functions.