Already asked. See Zidane's post. Only in "The only" is adj. means "alone in its class" Only in "Only xxx are yyyy" means "exclusive to or limited to" it's adv. The only xxx is yyy means yyy is alone in xxx's class, so if something is xxx, then we know it's yyy. Only xxx are yyy means yyy are limited to xxx. So if something is yyy, we know it must be xxx. But it's same to say The only xxx is yyyy and Only yyy is xxx
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