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When only after, only if, only in this way etc. Are placed at the beginning of the sentence for rhetorical effect, the subject and auxiliary are inverted: Only after lunch can you play.
I can only do so much in this time. Or i can do only so much in this time. The oxford english dictionary defines but only (which can also occur as only but) as meaning Γ’β¬Λ (a) only, merely; (b) except onlyΓ’β¬β’, and comments that its use is now poetical. In only when , there is a sense of urgency, a slightly more 'involved' writing. It was only when is by comparision more 'relaxed' writing, more like someone is recounting something to someone. I am from bangalore and people here tend use the word only to emphasise something in a sentence.
In only when , there is a sense of urgency, a slightly more 'involved' writing. It was only when is by comparision more 'relaxed' writing, more like someone is recounting something to someone. I am from bangalore and people here tend use the word only to emphasise something in a sentence. We are getting that only printed. What is the proper way to put it?
