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27 sie 2019 · (1) I have a lot of friends. I want to work on the project only with John. (2) I have a lot of friends. I want to work on the project with only John. What is the correct placement of "only"? Thank you very much for your help.
15 sie 2019 · The meaning of "only ever" has to depend on context. Normally "only" should be next to whatever it modifies, but it does not modify "ever". "Ever" means "at any time (s)" or "under any set of circumstances", never "at all times" or "once" or "at one time". Unfortunately, neither "only at any time (s)" nor "only under any set of circumstances ...
22 maj 2015 · May 22, 2015. #2. Hello sophiasophie, out of context, it means "for information only". In a specific context, it might have additional connotations, including the possibilities you mentioned, e.g.: For reference only, this car's petrol consumption is 40 miles per gallon. (However, if you buy the car, you will not necessarily get 40 miles per ...
7 paź 2009 · Persian. Jan 18, 2020. #8. entangledbank said: 'Only a few' is correct, 'only few' is not. Without studying this very deeply, it looks to me as if nikkieli's original explanation is correct too: 'only few' would be in effect a double negative, so is disallowed. Here "only few" is correct.
9 kwi 2005 · Discussions in English about the English language. This is not a translation forum.
31 gru 2010 · Although "What we only have is a piece of bread to eat for lunch" doesn't violate any rules of English grammar, I don't think any native speaker would say it, few would write it unless they were deliberately trying to be complicated or difficult to understand, and teachers of English writing would criticize it as bad style.
23 lis 2012 · Jan 14, 2020. #12. c) Although many qualify, only a few homeless people get Social Security benefits. This one is a little more colloquial; it's how I would phrase it in ordinary speech, or else I would use "not many": Although a lot of people qualify, only a few/not many.... I could more easily use (a) in writing: Although many qualify, few ...
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5 maj 2018 · 1 -He only has one brain cell. 2 -He has only one brain cell. 3 -He's got only one brain cell. 4 - He's only got one brain cell. Writing the examples I have realized that in sentences 3 and 4, the verb "has" is placed right after the personal pronoun "he". But if not contracted (he has) like in sentence 1, the order changes?
11 maj 2019 · May 11, 2019. #1. When someone sends me a mail that asks my availability on a specific date (for example, 12am on May 23rd), how can I respond it correctly? Specifically, the mail says "Are you available at 12am on May 23rd?" In this case, is it correct if I say "Yes, I will be available on that time" or "No, I am not available on that date.
