maverick88  +  118433 Fri, 15 Jul 05 01:14 AM These shoes only cost £20 Is it correct to say "These shoes cost only £20"? The latter sentence seems better to me but I came across the frist.   Thanks maverick88 Joined on Mon, Nov 22 2004 Israel Regular Member 695 An English learner

	Eimai_Anglos  +  118441 Fri, 15 Jul 05 01:41 AM "These shoes cost only £20" is correct. Only refers to the price and not to the verb. "This bird only flies with one wing." (The bird flies with one wing. It does not stir paint or do anything else with that wing). "This bird flies with only one wing." (The bird manages to fly with one wing but it would fly better with two). Eimai_Anglos Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Regular Member 509 Martin - native English speaker and technical author. Verbs

	Clive  +  118578 Fri, 15 Jul 05 02:08 PM Hi, You might also want to look at this position for 'only'. Only these shoes cost $20 (all the other shoes cost $50) Clive Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,679 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo

	Mister Micawber  +  118608 Fri, 15 Jul 05 03:18 PM The correct answers already having been given my predecessors, it remains only to mention that: These shoes only cost £20 Is a sentence common in speech and advertising, as are many similar.  If the meaning is clear, no harm done. Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,842 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.'