- 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
- phrases - If only to do vs only to do - English Language Usage . . .
He eats, if only to survive He eats only to survive Do these two have differences? And is if only to the reduced form of if it were only to? Thanks
- 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
- 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
- What is the difference between only if and but only if?
The wording implies that only B matters, not C, D, E, "I will help you prepare for the meeting only if you finish your report": This implies that finishing the report is a necessary but not necessarily sufficient condition for me to help you prepare for the meeting
- When should only come before a verb phrase? [duplicate]
You should put only before a verb phrase when either (a) the verb phrase is the focussed constituent of only, or (b) when the verb phrase contains another constituent that is the focus of only Words with a focus (e g, only, even, too, also) can go either immediately before their focussed constituent, or before any constituent that contains it
- only that . . . or only thats . . . . ? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
‘Only that’s she’s an expert in her line ’ [Source: From Dashiell Hammett, Red Harvest] I wonder if this is grammatically correct (common usage) or a kind of dialect used among English-speaking people I have searched the similar expression on the Internet And I found some So it doesn’t seem to be less frequently used
- word choice - Use of only and alone - English Language Usage . . .
How would you use "only" or "alone" to denote whether something happened exclusively in one place? For example "It happened only in the United States" or "It happened in the United States alone" The
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