The correct meaning for the different positions of 'only' in an English sentence.In English, we can put the word 'only' almost anywhere in the sentence and mean different things. And, yes, you are right that in some places in can be ambiguous such as the example you provided, but that example shouldn't be ambiguous. Americans have gotten lazy.
1) Only he eats pasta on Sundays. (Not his sister.)
2) He only eats pasta on Sundays. (He doesn't buy it, play with it, make it,...)
3) He eats only pasta on Sunday. (He eats nothing else on Sunday.)
4) He eats pasta only on Sunday. (Not on any other day of the week. -or- similar to #3, just pasta on Sunday.)
5) He eats pasta on only Sunday. (needs more, "... on only one Sunday of the year.")
6) He eats pasta on Sunday only. (Not on any other day of the week.)
Can one say, "Daniel habite à l'extérieur de la ville" to say "Daniel lives outside of the city", or is it wrong or odd? Also, when I was in school, we were told to use "au-dehors de" but you do not include it in the prepositions lesson. Do people use this preposition? It is in the Collins dictionary.
I don't understand how to use indirect object?
Il va au Havre.= He's going to Le Havre. The place name start with 'h" so as per the rule infront of vowel or h we will use l'
But here it is à + le = au
In English, we can put the word 'only' almost anywhere in the sentence and mean different things. And, yes, you are right that in some places in can be ambiguous such as the example you provided, but that example shouldn't be ambiguous. Americans have gotten lazy.
1) Only he eats pasta on Sundays. (Not his sister.)
2) He only eats pasta on Sundays. (He doesn't buy it, play with it, make it,...)
3) He eats only pasta on Sunday. (He eats nothing else on Sunday.)
4) He eats pasta only on Sunday. (Not on any other day of the week. -or- similar to #3, just pasta on Sunday.)
5) He eats pasta on only Sunday. (needs more, "... on only one Sunday of the year.")
6) He eats pasta on Sunday only. (Not on any other day of the week.)
1)I just did a quiz on futur proche. One answer was: Demain, j'y verrai plus clair. (Tomorrow, I will see more clearly.) What does y represent here?
2) Ils sont vus des animaux en Afrique? Oui, ils y en a vus. If only a single adverbial pronoun is acceptable, which one do I select?
Thanks in advance
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Do you how to say, "the very benefits" in French?
Of the bellow translation, which is the appopriate translation of "According to the 2017 State of American Vacation study"?
Selon l’étude sur l’état des vacances aux États-Unis de 2017 or Selon l'étude menée en 2017 sur l'état des vacances en Amérique.
In this sentence, "période pendant laquelle apparaissaient les fortes chaleurs," is "apparaissaient" the correct tense?
Shouldn't it agree with the noun "période?"
Hence "période pendant laquelle apparaissait les fortes chaleurs?"
Are flâner and Le flâneur (to wander, wanderer) commonly used in conversation or are they more literary?
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