[Ads-l] Heard: _don't only_

[Jonathan Lighter]

I too prefer "just," but I've heard the other so often that I probably use
it now too.

JL

On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 10:08 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> Archie Bell of Houston, Texas:
>
> "We _don't only_ sing, but we dance as good as we want to."
>
> Korean instructor in English:
>
> "There are about thirty British dialects, so we should understand that
> British speakers _don't only_ use received pronounciation [sic]."
>
> Speaking only for myself, naturally, _don't only_ is bizarre.
> I prefer
>
> _don't just sing_ and _don't use only_.
>
> "Different strokes," I reckon.
>
> --
> -Wilson
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