The phrase 'I received both' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to two or more items that you have received. For example: The store sent me two t-shirts, so I received both.
My CFO helped me know what to ask and how to understand reports I received, both when trying to understand a massive anti-trust case and when investigating a complex embezzlement.
At the table, I received both a hug and kiss.
On a much brighter, much-to-my-shock-and-amazement note, I received both the fellowships I applied for.
Upon posting it, I received both support and backlash from friends and strangers.
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"Obviously, I am tremendously moved by the responses that I have received both personally and from the number of people who have bought the books," she said in a telephone interview yesterday from Washington, shortly before flying to a book signing in Little Rock.
"Because of this message I'd received, both implicitly and explicitly, that being Jewish and being gay were irreconcilable.
Some of the best teaching I have received both verbally and in writing has been by women and the Church does itself great harm by blocking/ignoring their calling and ministry.
Of the dozens of messages I received, including both support and condemnation, only one asked for more information.
I received acupuncture both before and after the radiation treatment.
The response rates were five percentage points higher for the interview group than the reminder group using the conservative definition of a respondent (i.e., received both a completed survey and a signed form; however this difference did not reach statistical significance.
