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Martinlee Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Just and only

Hi there,
Are there any cases in which 'just' and 'only' are not interchangeable?

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Very few pairs of words are completely interchangeable. Otherwise, why bother to go through the trouble of creating more than one word for something? There are numerous situations where the two are not interchangeable.

— Anonymous

  • Very few pairs of words are completely interchangeable.
  • Otherwise, why bother to go through the trouble of creating more than one word for something?
  • There are numerous situations where the two are not interchangeable.
  • Here are some examples: We've only just begun.
  • ") You can't just barge in here like that.
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Very few pairs of words are completely interchangeable. Otherwise, why bother to go through the trouble of creating more than one word for something? There are numerous situations where the two are not interchangeable. Here are some examples:

We've only just begun. (You can't say here: "We've only only begun." or "We've just just begun.")

You can't just barge in here like th
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