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- meaning - If vs Only if vs If and only if - English Language . . .
It is only redundant because you misinterpret it You say it's the same as "only if" But it is not "Only if", as you say, means "no guarantee he will yell if you fall" The first if provides just that guarantee In other words, 3 is a combination of 1 and 2, and you simply failed to combine your correct reasoning for 1 and 2 into the correct
- Correct position of only - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
An Ngram chart of "can only do so much" (blue line) versus "can do only so much" (red line) for the period 1850–2005 shows a rather remarkable increase in the frequency of the first expression since about 1970, a period during which the frequency of the second expression has increased only slightly:
- Inversion after only when, only after, only if, only in this way . . .
When only after, only if, only in this way etc are placed at the beginning of the sentence for rhetorical effect, the subject and auxiliary are inverted: Only after lunch can you play (You can only play after lunch ) Only after finishing your homework can you play (You can only play after you finish your homework )
- Is it mens or mens? And whats the rule? [duplicate]
This only works in the example with "dog" and "dogs" because you can have multiple "dogs " Instead, we would say: "the car is the men's " I suggest that you read THIS page about apostrophes to see how they are used to form possessives (go to the section titled "Possessives")
- Is “misogyny” only applicable to men? What is the antonym of misogyny?
It's only applicable to "woman-haters" The equivalent for "man-hating" is misandry Hence misandrist n , one who hates men, a man-hater (esp in feminist usage) I also think you've been misled by the conventional assumption that all misogynists must be men It seems to me your correspondent is suggesting that Liz Lemon's inability to trust
- expressions - What is the opposite of read-only besides writable . . .
Since "read-only" is itself a computer science term, the best similar term would be "read write" because it fully communicates the permissions state of the form item Second to this, "writable" would be a good option, though it falls short in that it omits the fact that read permissions are also granted
- Correct use of circa - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Typically you only see it for dates (for example, "she was born circa 1920") The Wiktionary article on 'circa' implies (but doesn't explicitly state) in the usage notes that it's used for dates and measures, so your examples of “circa Pacific Coast Highway” or “circa $300,000” appear to be incorrect
- Origin of for the birds (Trivial; worthless; only of interest to . . .
O[f the] more recent offerings, some are on a high level and a large portion is only fit for the birds The usual sly, sharp quips aimed at Spectator and your reviewer in particular misf[i]re, possibly because the caustic wit of one W W Wager, recently fled to Harvard from the fair fields of Columbia, has either been omitted, deleted, or
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