Grammar Corrections

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Correcting Grammar:
"The committee is not only working to preserve historical buildings, but also is interested in developing a local museum"
My Notes:
I was thinking that it violates parallelism when using "working" vs "interested"?
Also, the first part uses "to preserve" vs "in developing". Not sure if I should change those, so they both use the same structure.
I added the comma before "but" because commas go with independent clauses and and, but, etc.

fev · Answer

I would simply say

The committee is not only working to preserve historical buildings, but is also interested in developing a local museum.

It looks fine to me.

X is not only doing something but is also interested in doing something else.

As Cascabel said in the comment, I changed also is to is also, because unless you want to emphasise something, adverbs are often used between the auxiliary and the verb. but also is interested would emphasise more the clause it introduces.

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