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New Hope Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Using "Only"
Which is correct?
1. Today you will make only one cup of milkshake.
2. Today you will only make one cup of milkshake.
1. Today you will make only one cup of milkshake.
2. Today you will only make one cup of milkshake.
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To me both are correct but with different meanings.
- To me both are correct but with different meanings.
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Both are correct.
The only in #2 would normally be understood as applying semantically to one (“only one cup”). An interpretation where it applies to make is possible in a very contrived context: Today you will only make one cup of milkshake. You cannot drink it.
The only in #2 would normally be understood as applying semantically to one (“only one cup”). An interpretation where it applies to make is possible in a very contrived context: Today you will only make one cup of milkshake. You cannot drink it.
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To me, the only in #2 means that, you haven't to do anything today, except for making one cup of milkshake.
And #1 means, the number of cups of milkshakes that you make today, is only one.
And #1 means, the number of cups of milkshakes that you make today, is only one.
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