Apr 13, 2017 · This is why logicians use iff for 'if and only if'. I think it would be useful in real life, but can't see it catching on. Which is grammatically correct? I can only do so much in this time. or I can do only so much in this time. Sep 7, 2010 · Not only are there students in the room, but also parents. (here, the parents are there part is not quite required, so you don't have to say but parents are also there because it's implied.) 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. Jan 5, 2016 · Generally speaking, when you are referring back to yourself as a subject, it were better to use "myself" instead of "I" or "me": I am only myself, a mere mortal. I am from Bangalore and people here tend use the word only to emphasise something in a sentence. For example: We are getting that only printed. What is the proper way to put it? Possible Duplicate: Correct position of “only” Should I use only before or after the pronoun? If only I had a chance If I only had a chance Both sentences bring a lot of resu 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. The question asks for a general answer but gives only one special context. In general, only and but only are not substitutable. *They but only work that way occasionally. 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.