How to use "Only" in...
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In a room, if I don't like the carpet alone, how do I say it using the word "ONLY"?
I don't like only the carpet.... Is this correct??
Please help.
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Do you mean that you dislike the carpet, but you do not dislike anything else? Ways to say this are "I only dislike the carpet", "I dislike only the carpet" (technically correct but more formal-sounding word order), and "It's only the carpet that I dislike". "I don't like only the carpet" is probably understood to mean that you like other things too, as well as liking the carpet.
- Do you mean that you dislike the carpet, but you do not dislike anything else?
- Ways to say this are "I only dislike the carpet", "I dislike only the carpet" (technically correct but more formal-sounding word order), and "It's only the carpet that I dislike".
- "I don't like only the carpet" is probably understood to mean that you like other things too, as well as liking the carpet.
- However, it is not a great sentence, in my opinion, and could be confusing or ambiguous.
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Do you mean that you dislike the carpet, but you do not dislike anything else? Ways to say this are "I only dislike the carpet", "I dislike only the carpet" (technically correct but more formal-sounding word order), and "It's only the carpet that I dislike".
"I don't like only the carpet" is probably understood to mean that you like other things too, as well as liking the carpet. However
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