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Taka Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Just/only
Do these have the same meaning?
When I just think about the incident, I cannot hold back my tears.
When I only think about the incident, I cannot hold back my tears.
When I just think about the incident, I cannot hold back my tears.
When I only think about the incident, I cannot hold back my tears.
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Hi Taka, The second sentence should actually be: Only when I think about the incident, I cannot hold back my tears. But there is no big difference in meaning. Regards, Prajwal
- Hi Taka, The second sentence should actually be: Only when I think about the incident, I cannot hold back my tears.
- But there is no big difference in meaning.
- Regards, Prajwal
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Hi Taka,
The second sentence should actually be:
Only when I think about the incident, I cannot hold back my tears.
But there is no big difference in meaning.
Regards,
Prajwal
The second sentence should actually be:
Only when I think about the incident, I cannot hold back my tears.
But there is no big difference in meaning.
Regards,
Prajwal
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I think 'only when...' maens that thinking about the incident is the only condition in which the person cannot hold his/her tears back, which I think is different from the frist example 'When I just think about...'
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Hi
That thought really came to me. But it really didnot make much sense to me, because 'how is that the person feels like crying only in that condition?' This is the reason why I said that there is no big difference in what the person want to convey.(Basically, it means the person feels like crying when he thinks about the incident. I think it reflects how the person feels whenever
That thought really came to me. But it really didnot make much sense to me, because 'how is that the person feels like crying only in that condition?' This is the reason why I said that there is no big difference in what the person want to convey.(Basically, it means the person feels like crying when he thinks about the incident. I think it reflects how the person feels whenever
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