Question 20 of 68 Which sentence has the correct parallel structure? Paul was not only my best friend and also my brother. Paul was not only my best friend but also my brother. Paul was not only my best friend and my brother. Paul was not only by best friend while also he was my brother.

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Lucille Mora

4 August, 00:32

Question 20 of 68 Which sentence has the correct parallel structure? Paul was not only my best friend and also my brother. Paul was not only my best friend but also my brother. Paul was not only my best friend and my brother. Paul was not only by best friend while also he was my brother.

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Paul was not only my best friend but also my brother.

Parallel structure uses conjunctions in a sentence to give two separate thoughts equal meaning. We see here that Paul having both titles of friend and brother would have had titles that had the same significance and could not trump the other.