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Ashish2929
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30 Mar 2021, 12:42
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Hey everyone
I must say this forum is immense. Overwhelming. So much of knowledge and resources.
Thanks to the creators, moderators and members.
While going through the forum, one thing that always confuse me is the meaning changes due to change in position of adverb.
Ex- surpassed only vs only surpassed .................and many others similar questions
I have not been able to clearly understand the difference in all such cases.
Can anyone please make a bit easier or the logic to understand the meaning changes such scenarios clearly??
Thanks
I must say this forum is immense. Overwhelming. So much of knowledge and resources.
Thanks to the creators, moderators and members.
While going through the forum, one thing that always confuse me is the meaning changes due to change in position of adverb.
Ex- surpassed only vs only surpassed .................and many others similar questions
I have not been able to clearly understand the difference in all such cases.
Can anyone please make a bit easier or the logic to understand the meaning changes such scenarios clearly??
Thanks
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30 Mar 2021, 12:52
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Mark was only surpassed by John.
Mark surpassed only John.
The first kind of gives the the impression that Mark came in second place. And that the ONLY thing that happened was being surpassed by John.
The second is more flexible in terms of rank placement. Mark is now ahead of John BUT is not necessarily number one.
It may be helpful to focus on what ONLY is modifying.
Mark surpassed only John.
The first kind of gives the the impression that Mark came in second place. And that the ONLY thing that happened was being surpassed by John.
The second is more flexible in terms of rank placement. Mark is now ahead of John BUT is not necessarily number one.
It may be helpful to focus on what ONLY is modifying.
30 Mar 2021, 23:05
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Ashish2929
Hi Ashish, the question you have, falls in the category of modifiers.
It's always a good idea to actually post the entire question(s) so that we can have the entire context.
By the way, while you refer to only as an adverb, a more common usage of only is as an adjective.
For example:
Only Peter passed the exam.
Notice that only is used as an adjective here, modifying the noun Peter. This sentence depicts that no person other than Peter passed the exam.
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