Teo  +  445644 Sat, 24 Nov 07 12:57 AM The following sentence is quoted from The Practice of English language Teaching (First published 1991, written by Jeremy Harmer) We do not only have to show students what language means, we also have to show them how it is used. I think do should be deleted from the above sentence. Am I right? Teo Joined on Tue, Sep 28 2004 Taiwan Contributing Member 1,631 Thank you very much for your reply.

	Grammar Geek  +  445651 Sat, 24 Nov 07 01:17 AM I would, yes. You use "do" when you want to be emphatic. You DO have to show students what language means; you DO have to show them how it's used. So although it's not wrong, it gets awkward (in my opinion) with the "not only." Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,506 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!