MSN: Does Love Hurt? The Fine Line Between Feeling Deeply and Unnecessary Suffering
"Does love hurt?" many say. And while this phrase has become part of our collective imagination, it's important to ask ourselves: Should love really hurt? Is suffering an inevitable part of love, or ...
Does Love Hurt? The Fine Line Between Feeling Deeply and Unnecessary Suffering
Which is grammatically correct? I can only do so much in this time. or I can do only so much in this time.
This is why logicians use iff for 'if and only if'. I think it would be useful in real life, but can't see it catching on.
P2. only but (also but only): (a) only, merely; (b) except only. Now poetic. Source: Oxford English Dictionary (login required) Below are some only but examples from the Corpus of Contemporary American English. Swap in only or nothing but for only but to see: Ultimately, there is only but one choice for you, no? To consume the entire pint. TV ...
The only way to avoid ambiguity is to say "We are getting only that printed" and to emphasize "that". When it's written, where "only" is placed can eliminate or create ambiguity. All other suggestions here so far are ambiguous to careful writers and readers. Disregard what typical native speakers think is normal in this case. In writing, place "only" before the word or phrase that it modifies ...
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.