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I saw this sentence in a newspaper cartoon:

Not only are you dysfunctional — you appear to be completely spineless as well.

Is the verb are in the right position?

tchrist
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Marcio Davila
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    Yes, this is an exception to the rules available only when a negative constituent (like not only) is moved to the front of the sentence. In this case, subject-auxiliary inversion is required after the negative. So *You are not only X but also (you are) Y* becomes Not only are you X but also (you are) Y. The repeated (you are) in the second clause gets deleted by conjunction reduction. – John Lawler Aug 01 '14 at 19:07
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