---
title: "no-not-only"
description: "Flags not-only/but-also constructions"
sidebar:
  label: "no-not-only"
  badge: "Hard"
search:
  tags: [rule, static, detection]
---

| Property | Value |
| -------- | ----- |
| Kind | Hard rule |
| Engine | `phrase` |
| Tier | `static` |
| Severity | `warning` |
| Intent | `detection` |
| Scope | `text` |

## Why

Avoid patterns that can make otherwise clear prose sound formulaic or overworked.

## Examples

<Columns cols={2}>
  <Column>
    **Flagged**

    The ruling was not only wrong but also harmful.
  </Column>
  <Column>
    **Better**

    The ruling was wrong and harmful.
  </Column>
</Columns>

## Turning it off

```sh
lawlint --disable no-not-only draft.md
```

Or durably, in `.lawlint/config.json` — see [Configuration](/docs/reference/configuration).