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I think だけ can also be situated after verbs and adjectives.

A second meaning for this grammar point:

Construction:

Dictionary form verb + だけ
Potential form verb + だけ

In addition, often used with words like ‾(し)たいだけ, ほしいだけ, 好きなだけ

電力不足が心配されています。電気を出来るだけ節約しましょう。
たくさんありますから、どうぞほしいだけお取りください。

English meaning: As much as one‾ (likes, can, want, etc)

Edit: I think it's already here:
http://www.renshuu.org/index.php?page=grammar/individual&id=323

but the constructions are completely different.

Combined the two pages and cleaned it up a bit, let me know how it looks!

Again, a slight change in the construction for the third meaning:

Plain form verb + だけ + verb
い adjective + だけ + verb
な adjective + な + だけ + verb

名詞や否定形にはつかない。
(Unicom - Bun no Rule)

For the な　form in the third meaning, you use either な　or だった? な-adjectiveA + [color=red]な/だった[/color] + だけ+あって/に + ResultB

I couldn't find だけでなく (not only...) anywhere. Doesn't it warrant a separate entry of its own?

1. Example from "2/3: Only A、Just A"

「この種の犬は日本にだけいる。」

This kind of dog exists only in Japan.

• • • Incorrect binding for 種. It should be "しゅ" instead of "たね"

2. I found a possible bug.

Steps:

2.1. In a sentence click the down arrow (the red one with a tool tip: "This sentence is not useful/too hard/incorrect."

2.2. Open dictionary (without submitting the changes)

• • • The up (green) and down (red) arrow disappears.

https://i.imgur.com/7Qmshw1.png

in the image above, an instance of the pattern verb(plain form) + だけ + verb(any form) , I didn't find it in the grammar library and I think is worth adding, not sure if it goes here or in a separate entry.

it actually has 2 uses, well explained at this link : https://japanese.stackexchange...
quoting what they said:

There are basically two patterns to this verb-だけ-verb construct.

1) 「Verb in Attributive Form + だけ + Same Verb in any form」

meaning "to [verb] to a degree". That degree is generally fairly limited.

2) 「Verb in Potential Form + だけ + Same Verb in any form」

meaning "to [verb] as much as possible"

Added the two new forms! Your link was very helpful, and I was able to reference entries in my 日本語文型辞典 as well.

Added!