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ACT English Difficulty: Medium (32)

Digital ACT English Practice Question #1335

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Choose the best option for the underlined portion: The new urban transit initiative aims not only to reduce suburban commute times but also encouraging sustainable commercial development near passenger stations.
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Match the exact grammatical shape after 'not only' with what comes after 'but also' (e.g., to verb / to verb).

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Correlative conjunctions ('not only X... but also Y') require strict parallel grammatical structures. Because the first element uses an infinitive ('to reduce'), the second element must also use an infinitive ('to encourage')....

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