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Kooyeen Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

only - also - even

0 Hi,02br
00I'm going to write some sentences and comment on them. I'd like to hear an opinion about my sentences and my comments.02br
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  1. 00I have 01b00only02b00 a PC in that little room over there. (Possible but not much used. You have a PC and nothing else in that room)02br
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  2. 00I have a PC 01b00only02b00 in that little room over there. (Possible but not much used. You have a PC in that room and nowhere else)02br
    02li
    3. 01li
  3. 00I 01b00only02b00 have a PC in that little room over there. (Usual one. It could mean whatever you want, depending on where you put the stress)02br
    02li
    4. 02ol
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  1. 00I 01b00also02b00 have a PC in that little room over there. (Usual one. It could mean whatever you want, depending on where you put the stress)02li
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  2. 00I have a PC 01b00also02b00 in that little room over there. (Not recommended)02br
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    3. 01li
  3. 00I have 01b00also02b00 a PC in that little room over there. (The worst one! To avoid)02br
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    4. 02ol
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    01li
  1. 00I 01b00even02b00 have a PC in that little room over there. (Usual one. It could mean whatever you want, depending on where you put the stress)02li
    2. 01li
  2. 00I have 01b00even02b00 a PC in that little room over there. (I really don't know? How's this one?)02br
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    3. 01li
  3. 00I have a PC 01b00even02b00 in that little room over there. (Possible, but not as common as #1. "Even" refers to the little room)02li
    4. 02ol
00Thank you in advance 050010id1
  

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0 01blockquote 01cite 10Kooyeen12cite 10Hi,12br 10I'm going to write some sentences and comment on them. 12br 11ol 11li 10I have 11b 10only12b 10 a PC in that little room over there. (Possible but not much used.

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  • 0 01blockquote 01cite 10Kooyeen12cite 10Hi,12br 10I'm going to write some sentences and comment on them.
  • 12br 11ol 11li 10I have 11b 10only12b 10 a PC in that little room over there.
  • (Possible but not much used.
  • You have a PC and nothing else in that room) 11font 11b 10yes12b 12font 12br 12li 11li 10I have a PC 11b 10only12b 10 in that little room over there.
  • (Possible but not much used.
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01cite10Kooyeen12cite10Hi,12br
10I'm going to write some sentences and comment on them. I'd like to hear an opinion about my sentences and my comments.12br
11ol
    11li
  1. 10I have 11b10only12b10 a PC in that little room over there. (Possible but not much used. You have a PC and noth
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0 I see, thank you very much.02br
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00How strange anyway... I thought "only" was the only one that was flexible and could be put in all those positions. But you would also consider correct all the examples about "even".02br
00Maybe I'm just not used to those versions, they sound so unusual to me...02br
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0Well, sorry, but I still have some doubts... 05000 I'll post here since it's related to this thread.02br
00Which ones are 01i00good02i00? Which ones are 01i00best02i00?02br
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01i00This can 01u00only02u00 be found in unofficial RPM packages.02br
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0 They are all fine. Only the emphasis changes.02br
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00 The underlying position is just before the constituent being modified -- before the prepositional phrase in these cases. If you leave it there, there is greater emphasis on that phrase, and the tendency is to stress the 01i00only02i00 or 01i00even02i00 with the voic
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0 Thank you very much Jim, your post really helped me a lot.01blockquote
01cite10CalifJim12cite10 The topics of 11i10only, also, 12i10and 11i10even12i10are huge, in case you haven't noticed. In a few posts we can barely scratch the surface. 15012br
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00stress and intonation are so important!12blockquote
10Yes, yes, yes!!! I think this is what makes English unique among European languages. It has a different sort of "music" to it -- so much of the meaning can depend on the intonation of a word or phrase.0-
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0 01b00thanks to everybody02b00 0-
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