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The question asks for a general answer but gives only one special context. In general, only and but only are not substitutable. *they but only work that way occasionally.
Are placed at the beginning of the sentence for rhetorical effect, the subject and auxiliary are inverted: Only after lunch can you play. 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. The oxford english dictionary defines but only (which can also occur as only but) as meaning ‘ (a) only, merely; (b) except only’, and comments that its use is now poetical. Which is grammatically correct?
The oxford english dictionary defines but only (which can also occur as only but) as meaning ‘ (a) only, merely; (b) except only’, and comments that its use is now poetical. Which is grammatically correct? I can only do so much in this time. Or i can do only so much in this time.
