Correct position of "only" - English Language & Usage Stack …
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 …
phrases - "Only when..." vs "it was only when..." - English Language ...
You can use either "only when" and "It was only when", both are very similarly used. However there is a subtle difference in the pace/style of the story-telling in both cases. In "Only When", there is a sense of urgency, a slightly more 'involved' writing.
meaning - "If" vs "Only if" vs "If and only if" - English Language ...
2017年4月13日 · 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 ...
"Only" vs "but only" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
This is not a special case of but, only or but only. The words but and only mean just the same here as elsewhere in an English sentence. 1 used to introduce a phrase or clause contrasting with what has already been mentioned: he stumbled but didn’t fall
“Only use” vs “use only” - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2022年1月13日 · In this case, only use p.t or use only p.t. both work viva voce, no diff, speaker's choice. But in writing, a reader can't hear the intonation that identifies the focus of only to a listener, so the writing rule is to put only right before its focus constituent, to eliminate ambiguity (assuming that's what you want to do with the writing).
What is the proper usage of "not only... but also"?
2010年9月7日 · Not only did my friend Joe help me out, but he also drove me to the university. Not only does my pet dog bite me, but he also barks at me. ;-) Not only are there students in the room, but also parents. (here, the parents are there part is not quite required, so you don't have to say but parents are also there because it's implied.)
usage of "only ever" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2016年1月24日 · Some occurrences of 'only ever' from the period 1900–1951. The upsurge in occurrences of "only ever" is quite clearly a phenomenon of the past seventy years, as this Ngram chart for the period 1700–2019 vividly suggests: However, modern use of the expression dates to the early twentieth century at least.
meaning - What is the difference between FYI and JFYI? - English ...
2015年9月9日 · Your paraphrase of "simply for your information" captures this better than "only for your information" (which might be ambiguous with another reading whereby you mean something like "for your eyes only"). As to the difference between FYI …
"Almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades"
2017年5月12日 · It was close, but close only counts in quoits, and baby, how big these two points and the last remaining minutes of the fray looked to the Red and Blue. That fourth appearance is followed closely by the 3 Oct 1921 appearance of the phrase with reference to horseshoes, as compiled by Doyle, Mieder and Shapiro in The Dictionary of Modern Proverbs ...
What is a word to describe something that belongs exclusively to …
2017年1月11日 · The question asked for ' a word (or idiom or phrase) that describes something which is perceived as belonging to one person or group of people only'. Which 'peculiar to' fits. if there is some other aspect to my answer that is incorrect in some way, it will be easier for me to correct if you let me know what it is.