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Does this Japanese sentence make sense? It doesn't necessarily have to have a one-to-one correspondence with the English "translation." (This is my first attempt at "not only...but also" in Japanese)
エレナは愛国心だけではなく、愛郷心もあるよ。
Elena not only loves her country, but also is her hometown.
another expression using the verb 愛する,
エレナは祖国だけで(は)なく、故郷も愛しています。
and one more grammatical point
紅茶はずでしょう?
~はず: (same form as modifying a noun) + はず
彼女も笑うはず: attributive of verb
明日は寒いはず: attributive of i-adjective
海はきれいなはず: attributive of na-adjective
それは紅茶のはず: noun + particle 「の」
If I translate that sentence
紅茶ですか?/紅茶じゃないですか?