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- meaning - If vs Only if vs If and only if - English Language . . .
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
- Correct position of only - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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 the second expression has increased only slightly:
- Use of as per vs per - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The only opinion I registered is my inclination to agree that, through differences in prosody (which people are not generally accustomed to representing or interpreting textually), the identical (reduced) wording can be used to evince both meanings; the remainder is, as I demonstrated, demonstrable fact
- Correct use of circa - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Typically you only see it for dates (for example, "she was born circa 1920") The Wiktionary article on 'circa' implies (but doesn't explicitly state) in the usage notes that it's used for dates and measures, so your examples of “circa Pacific Coast Highway” or “circa $300,000” appear to be incorrect
- Is “misogyny” only applicable to men? What is the antonym of misogyny?
It's only applicable to "woman-haters" The equivalent for "man-hating" is misandry Hence misandrist n , one who hates men, a man-hater (esp in feminist usage) I also think you've been misled by the conventional assumption that all misogynists must be men It seems to me your correspondent is suggesting that Liz Lemon's inability to trust
- Is it mens or mens? And whats the rule? [duplicate]
This only works in the example with "dog" and "dogs" because you can have multiple "dogs " Instead, we would say: "the car is the men's " I suggest that you read THIS page about apostrophes to see how they are used to form possessives (go to the section titled "Possessives")
- Which ones correct - this two or these two?
The only sensible exception I can come up with is in a very specific verbal discussion A signwriter is having trouble deciding how to write a numeral, so he calls a colleague over "I'm trying to find way to make this price signage really eye-catching
- When is it necessary to use have had?
If I only say had, this means that "having a lot of homework this week" is a completed event, either because there is no expectation of more homework, or because the week is over If I say "have had", I connect the event to the present, so it is possible that I might have more homework, and I could say something like this on, e g , a Wednesday
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