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Bookmark or Share- pronouns - is "them" only used for people? - English Language Learners ...The only one of these that seems to have any traction at all is the use of they/them in the singular for this purpose, but this is still not considered acceptable in formal English (and formal style guides instead recommend constructions like “he or she”).
- "only a few" vs. " (very) few" - English Language Learners Stack Exchange"John has only a few coins" is a statement so you cannot question it. How many coins does John have? would be a question." I think John has very few coins" would be suggestive. Trying to use your first example I would use "John doesn't have many coins, does he?" or your second example as "Does John only have a few coins"?
- grammar - "If only + would have/could have" conditionals - English ...If only I had known about your arrival, I could have come to the station to receive you. the speaker is only saying that they would have had the ability to be at the station. Whether they would have actually turned up or not is left unstated. If only he could have explained. is saying that 'he' was not able to explain. But if we change it to would:
- What is difference between "with only" and "only with"?For the following two sentences: "He can find out the solution of the problem only with the information about the fundamental theorem of calculus," and "He can find out the solution of the
- Difference between "only" and "sole" - English Language Learners Stack ..."Sole" means "the only one". "Only" means the set is restricted to the identified members, but there could be more than one in that set. That is, in all your examples, you could use either "sole" or "only" and the sentence would mean the same thing, EXCEPT for #5. You cannot say, "The two women were the sole survivors" because "sole" means only ...
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