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COUME Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

To only see or to see only

Hello,

I use this sentence, which is IMHO correct by my friend tells me that it is not... Could you tell me which form is correct?

a specific access to only see the data of ...

or

a specific access to see only the data of ...

Should "only" be before or after the verb?

thanks in advance
Ludo
  

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Hi, It depends on the context of the sentence or paragraph. Please show at least the whole sentence

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Hi,

It depends on the context of the sentence or paragraph. Please show at least the whole sentence Emotion: smile
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HelloEmotion: smile

Here is the entire sentence:
*** allows you to split your audience per country to only see the data of the ch
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Hi Coume,

*** allows you to split your audience per country to see ONLY the data of the chosen country.

In this case the adverb goes after the verb.

Yup, it does mean something
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Thxs timboEmotion: smile

In what case do we have to put the adverb before then? In which situation??

Ludo
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"To see only..." is preferable.

"To only see" is an example of what is known as a split infinitive. I.e. the infinitive form of the verb ("to see") is interrupted by the insertion of an adverb.

The most famous (or infamous) example of this is the mission statement from the popular Star Trek TV series: "To boldly go where no man has gone before."

To be strictly gramm
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thxs for this explanation TmEmotion: smile
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I will only write one paper this semester.

I will write only one paper this semester.

What's the difference guys?
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