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- meaning - If vs Only if vs If and only if - English Language . . .
Yes, the person would yell once you fell, but only if you fell "If" and "Only if" used in the same way means the same thing, except that "only if" is more forceful, more compelling "If and only if" is the most obligatory of the three, in which the action has been distinguished and emphasised, "If, and only if " It's the most forceful of the three
- Only when. . . vs it was only when. . . - English Language Usage . . .
In " Only When ", there is a sense of urgency, a slightly more 'involved' writing "It was only when" is by comparision more 'relaxed' writing, more like someone is recounting something to someone
- If only I or If I only - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Possible Duplicate: Correct position of ldquo;only rdquo; Should I use only before or after the pronoun? If only I had a chance If I only had a chance Both sentences bring a lot of resu
- To Only You or Only To You? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I would consider the first unidiomatic, though not 'incorrect' Visible to you only would be more formal, only to you more natural and colloquial
- As a (n) noun vs as only - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I wonder about the use of as a and as (only) in writing Can you explain when it is correct to quantify the noun when presenting oneself? I will paste some examples for clarity Are there any rule
- Only to vs Just to - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
In the following sentence I have to write one word: One annoying example of this is when you walk into a room, _____ to realise you have forgotten what your reason for going there was Accordin
- 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
- meaning - different usage of the word only - English Language Usage . . .
To the point, your sentences 2 and 3 actually have exactly the same meaning Although the scope of the quantifier "only" usually changes based on what follows it in the sentence, in the exceptional usage of sentence 3 it is modifying only the preceding word, "English" He speaks only English == He speaks English only
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