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- grammaticality - Correct position of only - English Language Usage . . .
Which is grammatically correct? I can only do so much in this time or I can do only so much in this time
- grammaticality - Indian English use of only - English Language . . .
The only way to avoid ambiguity is to say "We are getting only that printed" and to emphasize "that" When it's written, where "only" is placed can eliminate or create ambiguity All other suggestions here so far are ambiguous to careful writers and readers Disregard what typical native speakers think is normal in this case
- 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
- only then can you do vs only then you can do [duplicate]
Only then can you do is the common construction, as you are taking the words out of their common SVO and putting them in a somewhat set-by-tradition manner in this example
- Only vs but only - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The question asks for a general answer but gives only one special context In general, only and but only are not substitutable *They but only work that way occasionally
- adverbs - Inversion or no inversion after only? - English Language . . .
Only now you can even get them on top of wrinkles Only infrequently does it happen As one of our members has said, inversion happens when a sentence starts with "only" and never otherwise S
- clauses - It is only me that is or It is only I that am - English . . .
It is only me that is confused or It is only I that am confused The first one sounds more natural to me while the second one appears to me as grammatically correct Which one is correct?
- grammaticality - About using only with present perfect - English . . .
The placement of only has nothing to do with the present perfect construction, but with the placement of the focus NP that only binds Here's what McCawley (p 68) says about it: There are a number of words in English (only, even, too, also) that are associated with a focus: an item that is implicitly contrasted with other items, as in John drinks only beer, where only serves to contrast beer
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