These words are called “correlative conjunctions.” Like their counterpart coordinate conjunctions, they link grammatically equal parts. The word also can be moved to later in the construction, or it can be omitted entirely. …not only John but also Bill… …not only John but Bill also… …not only John but Bill… When these link two sentences, there is a comma before …
Those Conjunctive Adverbs
If you followed the conversation on the previous blogs on the word so, you know that a conjunctive adverb needs a period of semicolon in front of it when it starts a new sentence. And that is the key to look for: Is it in front of a complete sentence? …Ron had had three speeding tickets; yet he was not …