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Latest post Fri, May 2 2008 8:49 AM by Liveinjapan. 4 replies.
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Liveinjapan  +  508126 Thu, 01 May 08 02:06 PM
Supermarkets started to sell fresh pasta only in the 1990s.
Fresh pasta started to be sold by supermarkets only in the 1990s.

In these exapmles, what does only mean? 

Thanks
LiJ

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Please feel free to correct any words I wrote.LiJ
Grammar Geek  +  508185 Thu, 01 May 08 05:00 PM

It expresses how recent it was. Only as recently as the 1990s.

 

 
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Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!
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Liveinjapan, 1 yr 205 days ago
 Got it! Thanks, GG.
CalifJim  +  508365 Fri, 02 May 08 06:23 AM
Liveinjapan
“In these exapmles, what does only mean? ”
not before (surprisingly)

CJ 
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Liveinjapan, 1 yr 205 days ago
CalifJim
“not before (surprisingly)”

Thanks, CJ. Got it. 

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