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Question
Rewrite the following sentence using ‘not only but also’ and ‘as well as’ in 2 seperate sentences.
Opera House in Australia and the Historic Center of Vienna in Austria are cultural sites of World Heritage.
Solution
- Not only Opera House in Australia but also the Historic Centre of Vienna in Austria is a cultural site of World Heritage.
- Opera House in Australia, as well as the Historic Centre of Vienna in Austria, are cultural sites of World Heritage.
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