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[zuotengdazuo]

ーー十香を止め、その力をも封ずる唯一の方法。

Hi. Why is を there? Shouldn't it be deleted when も is used?
Thank you.

 

[SomeCallMeChris]

It should be. It looks like a typo.

I would read as if it were just を here.

 

[Toritoribe]

Why is を there? Shouldn't it be deleted when も is used?

That's an emphasized form of も as the objective marker. Incidentally, もが also works as the subject marker in the same usage, for instance, 誰もが知っている, 彼女までもが賛成した.
e.g.
ヒトのどんな組織をもつくることができるとされる細胞を取り出すことに成功したのだ。
このような可能性をも考慮しつつ、まずはイラクの戦後復興に、
仕事も自分の内面をも限定された安定的なものに変えていくことが考えられる。
その反対側をもあわせると六四相にものぼります。
国家主権をもこれまでよりは強く発揮することに賛成し、支援をしている。
何とかでき得る限りの助成措置をも勘案しながら、

 

[SomeCallMeChris]

That's an emphasized form of も as the objective marker.

Well. That's a bit of a shock. I would have sworn I was taught that you can *never* have をも and must *always* replace を with も.

So perhaps I misunderstood, and that lesson was only supposed to apply to the "also"/inclusive use of も, and not the "even"/emphatic use,
but even then, you have:

仕事も自分の内面をも限定された安定的なものに変えていくことが考えられる。

Which is surely an "also". So even that limitation on the rule doesn't seem to apply.

Is there in fact any limitation at all, or is it just an uncommon construction?

Would it be grammatical, if unusual, to say these?

リンゴをもバナナをも食べた。

or,

この本を読んだ。その本をも読んだ。

 

[Toritoribe]

をも can be used also for "too/also", but it has a nuance of "even" as a result since it's emphasized. So, その本 has a nuance that it's usually not read, for instance, too difficult to read, uninteresting/valueless to read or like that in その本をも読んだ。.

 

[SomeCallMeChris]

なるほど、勉強になりました。ありがとうございます。

 

[zuotengdazuo]

Thank you both for the informative explanation.