Pronunciation ChallengeAncient Mesopotamia | Early Civilizations | World History | Khan Academy

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Not only do we have these technological and architectural advancements, their religion, their writing has influenced civilization since, for the last five, six, seven thousand years.

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Key Vocabulary

1. technological

technological

[ˌtɛknəˈlɑʤɪkəl](adj.)

2. architectural

architectural

[ˌɑrkəˈtɛkʧərəl ](adj.)

3. advancement

advancement

[ədˈvænsmənt ](n.)

4. civilization

civilization

[ˌsɪvəlɪˈzeɪʃən ](n.)

5. code

code

[koʊd](n.)

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Eric7 years ago

Hello everyone!

The script is here: http://bit.ly/2V7mlMH

First, let’s focus on our sentence of the day. This is the original sentence in the video:

Not only do we have these technological and architectural advancements, their religion, their writing has influenced civilization since, for the last five, six, seven thousand years.

A "grammatically correct" version in writing should be:

NOT ONLY do we have these technological and architectural advancements, BUT their religion AND their writing HAVE (ALSO) influenced civilization FOR the last five, six, seven thousand years.

Please note that in speaking, certain words are sometimes omitted because the speaker assumes everyone knows them. Speakers also make minor "errors."Do not omit "but" when you are writing.http://www.learnerhall.org/2012/10/not-only-but-also-b.htmlears.https://dictionary.cambridge.org/zht/%E8%AA%9E%E6%B3%95/%E8%8B%B1%E5%BC%8F%E8%AA%9E%E6%B3%95/word-order-and-focus/not-only-but-also

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