Choose the correct form: Not only did he pass, ____ he topped the class.
- A. and
- B. but also
- C. or
- D. however
Explanation
Not only is always completed by but also, and the pair must join grammatically equal elements. The inversion did he pass follows automatically from beginning the sentence with not only. Substituting and or however breaks the fixed correlative pattern.
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