Does "but one" mean "only one" or "except one"? This phrase shows up in the song "Love is an Open Door" from the movie "Frozen". The relevant line is "Our mental synchronization can have but one explanation". EDIT: Shouldn't it be "Our mental …

2020年6月9日 · The meaning of both "only one" and "one and only one" is the same. However, "one and only one" adds emphasis to the fact that there is only one, and draws attention to it. For example, the student who is the only one who failed, might feel more ashamed if the teacher uses "one and only one", as the teacher might be perceived as purposely ...

2014年4月4日 · "A, B and C are the only people to do this" - again, that's clear, there are only 3. "A is one of only 10 people to do this" - clear. There are 10 in the set, and A is one of them. "He is one of the only people to do this" - doesn't seem to say anything at all. He's not the only one, but there is no clue whether 3 people have done it or 3 million.

2014年4月21日 · You say that the characterization is that this is the "particular cell that the device has judged to be the only one there". But later you seem to say that it is not the only one there. You say then that it is the only one in the sample that is of a particular type. It apparently has some property or passes some test, and that is what qualifies it.

2020年7月10日 · The question seems to have nothing to do with logic (or the use of one), but purely to do with which sense of can is being used: ability or permission. Which means that, without clarification, the meaning is completely ambiguous. (1) Only Jenny has the ability to eat this cookie. (2) Only Jenny has permission to eat this cookie. –

2017年1月11日 · The question asked for ' a word (or idiom or phrase) that describes something which is perceived as belonging to one person or group of people only'. Which 'peculiar to' fits. if there is some other aspect to my answer that is incorrect in some way, it will be easier for me to correct if you let me know what it is.

You can use either "only when" and "It was only when", both are very similarly used. However there is a subtle difference in the pace/style of the story-telling in both cases. In "Only When", there is a sense of urgency, a slightly more 'involved' writing.

2012年10月1日 · The problem with the second example (where the first item has only one sub-item) is that without a second sub-item, the two levels are essentially equal. If the only thing I'm going to say about pre-Revolutionary times is to discuss the early settlers, then those terms are both referring to the same topic and I'm being redundant in the outline.

2015年11月16日 · 'He is one of those men who are always on time' means he's in the set of excellent male timekeepers. (1) 'He is the only one of those men / them who is always on time.' is fine and obvious in meaning. But (2) 'He is the only one of those men / them who are always on time.' is very awkward and probably ungrammatical, and can't mean the same as (1).

2011年6月29日 · An earlier appearance is in ’Way down East; or, Portraitures of Yankee Life by Seba Smith of about 1854: “This is a money digging world of ours; and, as it is said, ‘there are more ways than one to skin a cat,’ so are there more ways than one of digging for money”.