Farmers in north India not only can help reduce air pollution but also improve the productivity of t...........

English Language (IBPS PO) Sentence Improvement

Direction: In the given question, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below the sentence, alternatives to the emboldened part are given as (A), (B), (C) and (D), which may help improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative out of the given five options. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer will be option (E), i.e., "No correction required".

Farmers in north India not only can help reduce air pollution but also improve the productivity of their soil.

only cannot help

can not only help

can only not help

not can only help

No correction required

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Explanation:

The error in the highlighted part is that of the inappropriate use of correlative conjunction 'not only..but also'. The modal 'can' should come before 'not only' to maintain parallelism in the sentence, as the non-highlighted part 'but also improve' contains verb in the base form without any auxiliary.

So, the correct answer is option B.