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Apr 13, 2017this is why logicians use iff for 'if and only if'. Only but (also but only): Oxford english dictionary (login required) below are some only but examples from the corpus.

I can only do so much in this time. Or i can do only so much in this time. Sep 7, 2010not only are there students in the room, but also parents.

Mar 9, 2016for only in the upper class, the only restricts in the inclusion (in, as opposed to out). But no matter which you restrict, there are only two groups under discussion -- upperclass. The only way to avoid ambiguity is to say "we are getting only that printed" and to emphasize "that".

When it's written, where "only" is placed can eliminate or create ambiguity. 1 there is no difference between "just" and "only" in the context of this sentence. The problem with this sentence is that neither of the constructions "not just airports" or "not only airports".

The oxford english dictionary defines but only (which can also occur as only but) as meaning ‘ (a) only, merely; (b) except only’, and comments that its use is now poetical. Jun 9, 2020however, "one and only one" adds emphasis to the fact that there is only one, and draws attention to it.

For example, the student who is the only one who failed, might feel more. Nov 23, 2012it is only me that is confused. Or it is only i that am confused.