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She’sawfully happy.

He’sterribly kind.

Using ‘only’

The word ‘only’ should be placed immediately beforethe
word or phrase it is intended to modify.

Heonly went to the Tower of London. (He went nowhere

else.)

Jeff is theonly one allowed to visit her. (No one else can

go.)

She spokeonly to her friends. (She spoke to no one else.)

Other words that follow a similar pattern are:

even mainly often quite rarely

It isquite ready.

Her garden ismainly grass.

She could noteven write her name.

Theyrarely go out.

Itoften rains in August.

Checklist

◆ Adjectives qualify or modify nouns or pronouns.

◆ Adjectives formed from a proper noun start with a
capital letter.

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