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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?
Or i can do only so much in this time. 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. 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.
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. 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. 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?
