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Vibhanu Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Using only in a sentence
Hi,
Could you help me to understand what is more correct?
She only took the positives.
She took only the positive.
Could you help me to understand what is more correct?
She only took the positives.
She took only the positive.
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Hi there, As far as I know 'only' is a focusing adverb in the cases you use it as an adverb (for focusing purposes). 'focusing' means that it points to a particular part of a sentence (and slightly [or more] modify it). Therefore both of your examples are right.
- Hi there, As far as I know 'only' is a focusing adverb in the cases you use it as an adverb (for focusing purposes).
- 'focusing' means that it points to a particular part of a sentence (and slightly [or more] modify it).
- Therefore both of your examples are right.
- She only took the positives.
- She olny took them.
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Hi there,
As far as I know 'only' is a focusing adverb in the cases you use it as an adverb (for focusing purposes). 'focusing' means that it points to a particular part of a sentence (and slightly [or more] modify it). Therefore both of your examples are right.
As far as I know 'only' is a focusing adverb in the cases you use it as an adverb (for focusing purposes). 'focusing' means that it points to a particular part of a sentence (and slightly [or more] modify it). Therefore both of your examples are right.
She olny took them. She didn't do anything else with them.
She only took the positives.
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