Hi Can anyone help
I am having problems with using the adverb "only" in the folloing questions. Can someone review my answers please?
- John had three pencils and lost two.
- No other girl but Ellen was late for school.
- Sam was the youngest in his class, as he was seven and all the others were eight or more years old.
- It rained on Wednesday. Every other day in the week was fine.
- If you asked me I could have gone with you.
- There had been two hundred thousand soldiers in the army. But half of them now remained after the battle.
My answers (with"only" underlined). - John had three pencils and only lost two.
- No other girl but Ellen was only late for school.
- Sam was the youngest in his class, as he was only seven and all the others were eight or more years old.
- It only rained on Wednesday. Every other day in the week was fine.
- If you only asked me I could have gone with you.
- There had been two hundred thousand soldiers in the army. But only half of them now remained after the battle.