- 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
- 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
- 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
- Only in or in only? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
For Only in the upper class, the only restricts in the inclusion (in, as opposed to out) But no matter which you restrict, there are only two groups under discussion -- upperclass women and and female commoners
- word choice - Difference between just and only - English Language . . .
1 There is no difference between "just" and "only" in the context of this sentence The problem with this sentence is that neither of the constructions "not just airports" or "not only airports" cannot be used as the subject of a sentence *Not just airports are part of the target customer group
- 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
- 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
- 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
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