Are the sentences below correct? Are the sentences below correct? 1- Nowadays lifestyle is less healthy compare with past although has been progressed in medicine. 2- Not only, do there is not time

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Are the sentences below correct? Are the sentences below correct? 1- Nowadays lifestyle is less healthy compare with past although has been progressed in medicine. 2- Not only, do there is not time to do physical activity there is not enough time to be with our family. 3- I have attempted to write in English but I have always been encounter with difficulties in grammar. Please help me to make them appear native and professional? In the sentence 2, I used two times “there is not” can I remove one? Could you please offer me some example with use of “Not only”? “do” is always necessary after “not only”? In the sentence 3, can I omit subject like this: I have attempted to write English but have always been encounter with difficulties in grammar. Thank you in advance.would you mind offering me some example about "not only" and "but also"?

May 4, 2015 8:50 AM

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Nowadays, our lifestyle is less healthy than it was in the past, although there has been progress in medicine. We lack the time not only to do physical activity, but also to be with our family. ("To do" and "to be" are parallel. That is, they have the same grammatical structure, following "not only" and "but also.") I have attempted to write in English, but I always encounter difficulties with grammar. (I prefer to use two subjects, although they are the same. This makes the sentence clearer.)

May 4, 2015

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