- Correct position of only - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Which is grammatically correct? I can only do so much in this time or I can do only so much in this time
- 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
- Whats the meaning of only that - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Is the meaning of "only that" similar to "unless"? For example: This does not mean that it is freely chosen, in the sense of the autonomous individual, only that there is popular agency in the
- 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
- grammaticality - Indian English use of only - English Language . . .
I am from Bangalore and people here tend use the word only to emphasise something in a sentence For example: We are getting that only printed What is the proper way to put it?
- grammar - If conditional didnt vs hadnt - English Language . . .
Grammar rules say that hadn't is used for unreal past conditions, but why can't we use simple past negation instead of past perfect? If I hadn't come to the meeting, it wouldn't have happened If
- meaning - What is the difference between FYI and JFYI? - English . . .
What is the difference between these two acronims: FYI and JFYI Can I interpret JFYI as "Only for your information", or should it be "Simply for your information"?
- Punctuation with The question is. . . . , ? or
In this example, we have the following: the question is, what was x doing? An indirect question would be like this: the question is what x was doing Subject and finite verb switch places only in a direct question If it were an indirect question, the comma would be unnecessary (or even wrong in some cases?), as you say
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