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@Windrem2.0 I wonder if this is why I was confused. I posted my concern above. Would the first "only" belong after the word "contract" ? not before?
If "only" is an indicator for a necessary condition under group 2, the set is Contracts. the Sub-set then will be unlikely bankrupt. if the managers thinks the companies won't go bankrupt (placing a dot in the subset), then it does automatically guarantee a contract because contracts is the necessary condition, the set, in which the smaller circle (the subset), unlikely bankrupt, resides in. Why then does it say "Does that mean that companies they don’t think will go bankrupt automatically get the contract? No, but managers thinking these companies are unlikely to go bankrupt is a necessary condition for them to be considered for a contract." ?
@Clayclaypaws okay jk I figured it out: the word "only" is logically modifying the type of company they hire, not the verb "contract," even though it sits right next to the verb.
In everyday English, the word "only" often floats in front of the verb instead of sitting exactly next to the thing it modifies. Think about the sentence, "I only eat pizza."