Not only did the book influence many generations,这句话怎么讲?(接上)but also it had the effort of turning its author's attention to questions of language.他的书不仅影响了许多代人,然后第二句,

Not only did the book influence many generations,这句话怎么讲?
(接上)but also it had the effort of turning its author's attention to questions of language.他的书不仅影响了许多代人,然后第二句,

而且,它还起到使它的作者的注意力转到语言问题上来的效用.

这本书不仅影响了很多同代人

他在把作者的注意力转向语言问题方面也有功劳。