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Old 09-04-2015, 09:39 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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lid says...

On Thu, 9 Apr 2015 11:00:58 Chris Hogg wrote:

On Thu, 9 Apr 2015 10:40:39 +0100, David Rance
wrote:

On Thu, 9 Apr 2015 08:19:47 Chris Hogg wrote:

/Pedant mode
It's Sloes not Sloe's, and you only need one ?
/Pedant mode

/Pedant mode
you need only one!
/Pedant mode off

David


chuckle It depends what it's one of. The OP had ??


"Only" is one of the words which is rarely used correctly. It should
come immediately before the word that it is qualifying.


"The only lonely" would be quite wrong. Roy Orbison got it right with
"only the lonely".

Janet.