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Perfect Stranger Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

How to use 'merely' in this sentence?

Dear All,

How should I properly use the word merely in this sentence? Should I use inversion after not only?

Our scope of business is not limited merely to planning and surveying, but also...

I'd be grateful for your insights.
  

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Please show us the complete sentence, so that we can get an idea about what you are trying to say.. Clive

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Please show us the complete sentence, so that we can get an idea about what you are trying to say..

Clive
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Clivee show us the complete sentence, so that we can get an idea about what you are trying to say..
Our scope of business is not limited merely to China. We have successfully undertaken construction projects in more than 10 foreign countries and regions (including Singapore, India, UAE, Tanzania, Nigeria, and Ethiopia to name a few) and thereby gained rich exp
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Perfect Stranger....Our scope of business is not limited to merely planning and surveying, but also...
"merely" may not be necessary, but you can keep it if you wish.
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Oops, looks like I tottally confused two sentences.

The intended one was supposed to be the one about overseas activity...
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Our scope of business is not limited merely to China. We have successfully undertaken construction projects in more than 10 foreign countries and regions (including Singapore, India, UAE, Tanzania, Nigeria, and Ethiopia to name a few) and thereby gained rich experience in management of overseas projects.

This is not the kind of sentence you asked about in your
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CliveThis is not the kind of sentence you asked about in your original post.
Yeah, I'm sorry Clive. I'm kind of getting lost in the abundance of sentences surrounding me, haha
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CliveThe word .'merely' does not serve much purpose here.
Should I replace it with only?
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Our scope of business is not limited to China.

The phrase 'limited to' already implies 'only', so you don't really need 'only'.

If you say 'merely to China', it also implies that China 'is not much, which sounds odd because it is such a huge and important country.

Clive
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How do I use merely in a sentence with a noun, verb, and adjective?  ??
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