The only confusion would be why you would turn left on anything other than a
green light.  Turn left on a red light and you are likely to have an
accident.


-----Original Message-----
From: Jay Willis [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 3:58 PM
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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: English


What particularly gets my goat (hmm...) is when an adverb is misplaced
in a
sentence. Such as "I only have ten cents" as opposed to the correct "I
have only
ten cents." I once saw a traffic sign that read "Left turn at green
light only."
Am I allowed to turn left only when the light is green? Or am I allowed
to make
only a left turn when the light turns green? Confusion could result in
a ticket,
or worse, an accident. "Only" is only one adverb that gets misused.
Another is
the adverb "just."

<http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/only2.html>

Jay

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