The oxford english dictionary defines but only (which can also occur as only but) as meaning รขโ‚ฌหœ (a) only, merely; (b) except onlyรขโ‚ฌโ„ข, and comments that its use is now poetical. The question asks for a general answer but gives only one special context.

*they but only work that way occasionally. Which is grammatically correct? I can only do so much in this time. Or i can do only so much in this time. I am from bangalore and people here tend use the word only to emphasise something in a sentence. We are getting that only printed. What is the proper way to put it?

I am from bangalore and people here tend use the word only to emphasise something in a sentence. We are getting that only printed. What is the proper way to put it?