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Old 01-Feb-2009, 20:16
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Default Re: Adverb Placement

You could say:
Only he speaks English
but who would he talk to if he were the only one who spoke English?



(Just because a sentence is grammatical doesn't mean it makes sense.)

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Thanks to both of you.
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