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JLPT N1 Grammar

でもあり～でもある

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N1 · Parallel · noun + でもあり + noun + でもある

both A and B

noun + でもあり + noun + でもある

でもあり～でもある means the same thing has both identities, qualities, or evaluations.

It is common in formal explanation and commentary.

この作品は娯楽でもあり、社会批評でもある。

This work is both entertainment and social criticism.

Do not use it for unrelated objects; the subject should be the same thing.

One object, two identities.

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