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Structure
- Verb + だけで
- Noun + だけで
What’s the difference between だけで and だけ? Seems that だけ can be attached to adj and has the extra meaning of “only”, but is there anything else?
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だけで is combination of particle だけ which means “only” and expresses limitation of something and particle で “with”.
So while だけ means only, だけで means “with only”. AだけでB - just A is enough.
見舞いに行くだけでいいよ
Just visiting (him/her/xxx) in the hospital is enough. (nothing else is needed)
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Hmm. So if you changed the sentence to
見舞いに行くだけいいよ。, how would that change the meaning? Would that be ungrammatical now?
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だけいい can be used in some context but will mean a little bit different thing. While Aだけでいい will mean that something is good enough and nothing else is needed,
Aだけいい will mean that the situation is not good, but A is better than nothing (or better than some other situation that is mentioned). Basically comparison.
You can also say the same thing using だけまし.
たとえ５分しかいなくても、来るだけいいよ。
Coming even if just for 5 minutes is better than nothing.
あの生徒は見舞いに来るだけいいよ。他の生徒はひとりも来ないんだから。
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そういうことを言ってくれるだけで、君は優しいと分かる。
Just by you saying that I know that you are nice.
Why is 優しい marked with と? Is this a quotation of sorts?