http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/NotOnlyAlso/zzmrg/post.htm#445651Mon, 26 Jan 2009 02:08:21 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:445651Grammar Geek0http://www.englishforums.com/English/NotOnlyAlso/zzmrg/post.htm#445651http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-445651.xmlI 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."http://www.englishforums.com/English/NotOnlyAlso/zzmrg/post.htmThu, 26 Feb 2009 02:08:21 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:445644Teo1http://www.englishforums.com/English/NotOnlyAlso/zzmrg/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-445644.xmlThe 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?