"only X (and) only Y"

[Laurence Horn]

At 12:42 PM -0400 7/27/10, Mark Mandel wrote:
>Continuing on the theme of recycling language -- I mean, language about
>recycling: Seen on a printed sign over a recycling bin in a food court:
>
><recycling symbol, 3 bent arrows in a triangle>
>GLASS ONLY
>CANS ONLY
>PLASTIC ONLY
>
An instance of improperly recycled "ONLY"

LH

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