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Icadia Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
The position of "just"
1. you don't want to just live together
2. you don't just want to live together
These sentences above are correct? if so, what's the difference between them?
I guses the position of "Just" can make a big difference in meaning.
Your answers would be appreciated.
2. you don't just want to live together
These sentences above are correct? if so, what's the difference between them?
I guses the position of "Just" can make a big difference in meaning.
Your answers would be appreciated.
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You are so right! The position of 'just' (and 'only') can make an enormous difference. I only sleep in a king-size bed tells what I limit my activities in bed to.
- You are so right!
- The position of 'just' (and 'only') can make an enormous difference.
- I only sleep in a king-size bed tells what I limit my activities in bed to.
- I sleep only in a king-size bed tells the type of bed I sleep in.
- In your sentences, the second is probably not as good as the first, the first one meaning that living togther is the limit of your activities while at home.
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You are so right! The position of 'just' (and 'only') can make an enormous difference.
I only sleep in a king-size bed tells what I limit my activities in bed to.
I sleep only in a king-size bed tells the type of bed I sleep in.
In your sentences, the second is probably not as good as the first, the first one meaning that living togther is the limit o
I only sleep in a king-size bed tells what I limit my activities in bed to.
I sleep only in a king-size bed tells the type of bed I sleep in.
In your sentences, the second is probably not as good as the first, the first one meaning that living togther is the limit o
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I prefer not to split the infinitive. I would write
You don't just want to live together.
CJ
You don't just want to live together.
CJ
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CalifJimI prefer not to split the infinitive. I would writeI thought about that as well, CJ, I can't argue with you, and normally I would agree with you. I think that I'd accept the dreaded split in this case because just is tied so closely in meaning to live, that it
You don't just want to live together.
CJ
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Where would you put "only" to mean what is desired is marriage, not simply cohabitation?
If you don't want to only live together -- I can't think of how to write that using "only" and not splitting the infintive. (I read the same Dear Abby column so I do know the context.)
If you don't want to only live together -- I can't think of how to write that using "only" and not splitting the infintive. (I read the same Dear Abby column so I do know the context.)
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Icadia1. you don't want to just live togetherTo me, there's no difference in meaning (considering the context I imagine them in).
2. you don't just want to live together
These sentences above are correct? if so, what's the difference between them?
Some teachers might not like the first because it's technically a "split infin
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