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The "Evening Star" is not a star but the planet Venus.

The "Evening Star" is not a star but also the planet Venus.

The paired structure "not ... but" places two items in parallel. The two pieces, each a single word, must come together: one without the other is incorrect, and variations (especially confusions with one piece of "not only ... but also") are not correct either.

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