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Sentence rearrangement (PQRS): Reorder the parts to express that he was so kind and generous that he not only helped others himself but also made others help; choose the correct sequence.

Difficulty: Medium

Correct Answer: PSRQ

Explanation:


Given data

  • Starter: 'He was so kind and generous that'
  • P: he not only
  • S: helped them himself
  • R: but also
  • Q: made others do so


Concept/Approach
The correlative pair 'not only... but also...' must frame two parallel actions. Here, the actions are 'helped them himself' and 'made others do so'.


Step-by-step reconstruction
Form: '... he not only helped them himself but also made others do so.'Sequence: PSRQ.


Verification
Parallelism is preserved and the correlative conjunctions are correctly placed.


Common pitfalls
Swapping S and Q breaks parallel structure and weakens clarity.


Final Answer
Correct order: PSRQ.

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