Apr 13, 2017 · It is only redundant because you misinterpret it. You say it's the same as "only if". But it is not. "Only if", as you say, means "no guarantee he will yell if you fall". The first if …

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. (You can …

Dec 14, 2015 · Only that a couple of chaps have left the office, and there'll probably be a re-shuffle of posts. MARY. It's only that Peter will probably have about twice as much as he has now; it's …

An Ngram chart of "can only do so much" (blue line) versus "can do only so much" (red line) for the period 1850–2005 shows a rather remarkable increase in the frequency of the first …

Oct 7, 2021 · In some textbooks in China, there is a fixed structure “the only + noun + to do sth”. This is not a "fixed structure": "only" can be changed for other adjectives, and "to do …

"You're only a genius" or "He's only gone and fixed it already" both use only as emphasis by implying that the fact or opinion stated is so startling that it is literally the only thing that could …

Sep 9, 2015 · Your paraphrase of "simply for your information" captures this better than "only for your information" (which might be ambiguous with another reading whereby you mean …

Jul 26, 2020 · This only works in the example with "dog" and "dogs" because you can have multiple "dogs." Instead, we would say: "the car is the men's ." I suggest that you read THIS …

An American would only say that sentence if he still had his walking boots on. So this is a statement with an unreal present condition, and a past consequence. So this is a statement …

Aug 9, 2017 · The only sensible exception I can come up with is in a very specific verbal discussion. A signwriter is having trouble deciding how to write a numeral, so he calls a …