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 …

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. …

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. …

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. …

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, …

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. …

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", …

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 …

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 …

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 …