Which is grammatically correct? I can only do so much in this time. or I can do only so much in this time.
grammaticality - Correct position of "only" - English Language & Usage ...
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.
Inversion after 'only when', 'only after', 'only if', 'only in this way ...
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.
"Only when..." vs "it was only when..." - English Language & Usage ...
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.
meaning - "If" vs "Only if" vs "If and only if" - English Language ...
Is the meaning of "only that" similar to "unless"? For example: This does not mean that it is freely chosen, in the sense of the autonomous individual, only that there is popular agency in the
What's the meaning of "only that" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Which one is correct usage of "only" and difference between the following sentences what is point of living if it is only a stuggle. what is point of living if it only is a struggle.
Is only vs only is - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
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.