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Yes, the person would yell once you fell, but only if you fell If and only if used in the same way means the same thing, except that only if is more forceful, more compelling 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. 2 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. 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 ‘only that’s she’s an expert in her line.’ [source From dashiell hammett, red harvest] i wonder if this is grammatically correct (common usage) or a kind of dialect used among. 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. Is the meaning of only that similar to unless This does not mean that it is freely chosen, in the sense of the autonomous individual, only that there is popular. The wording implies that only b matters, not c, d, e,. I will help you prepare for the meeting only if you finish your report This implies that finishing the report is a necessary. 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.