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Discover Ludwig"if only then" is a grammatically correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is used to indicate that something is assumed to be true, almost as if it had already happened. For example, "If only then had I realized the risks, I never would have invested in the stock market."
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Remove "if only" then replace it with "I want".
Here is Leda, who is a successful professor, in her late 40s; she is divorced, with two children and an occasional lover, at the start of The Lost Daughter: When my daughters moved to Toronto, where their father had lived and worked for years, I was embarrassed and amazed to discover that I wasn't upset; rather, I felt light, as if only then had I definitively brought them into the world.
If only, then we'd have a story.
In those rare, brief moments, if only then, I'm playing again.
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The 33 countries he is negotiating with are waiting to see if he succeeds; only then will serious bargaining begin.
Perfect compression implies that if we know only, then is completely unpredictable.
If that fails, only then maybe do a search deal with Google.
If that succeeds, only then will it try to earn money off them.
"If that happened, only then could we talk about real Arab participation in the fight".
"It is only then, if everything is against him, that he will be sanctioned," McQuaid said.
Only then if he beats me will I admit he is the greater man over 5,000m".
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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