# Placement of Only, Even, Just: Rules and Examples | SwaVid

Placement of only, even, just: Only means nobody or nothing else. Rules, examples and a free quick check for Class 6 to 12.

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# Placement of only, even, just: rules and examples

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Short answer. Only means nobody or nothing else. It goes right before the word or phrase it limits. Moving it changes the meaning.

1 . Choose the sentence that matches the meaning. Meaning: Kunal plays chess on no other day but Friday.

Only goes right before what it limits.

Only means nobody or nothing else. It goes right before the word or phrase it limits. Moving it changes the meaning.

Only Tia sings hymns. (nobody else sings them) Tia sings only hymns. (she sings nothing else)

Only goes right before what it limits.

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- Same words, different meaning . Only can limit a person, a thing, a time or a place. Put it right before that part, including any the, a or my in front of it.
- even for a surprise . Even marks the surprising person, thing, time or place. It also goes right before the part that is the surprise.
- just . Just can mean a moment ago. Then it sits before the main verb, after has or have. Just can also mean only, before a number or a thing.
- Only Tia sings hymns. nobody else sings them
- Tia sings only hymns. she sings nothing else

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