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<blockquote data-quote="GAC" data-source="post: 10629624" data-attributes="member: 224361"><p><strong>English</strong></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #4A4344"><a href="http://groups.fropki.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: maroon">Professor Ernest Brennecke of Columbia is credited with inventing a sentence that can be made to have <strong>eight </strong>different meanings by placing <strong>ONE WORD</strong> in all possible positions in the sentence:</span></a></span></p> </p><p> </p><p> <p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #657383"><a href="http://groups.fropki.com/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: maroon">"I hit him in the eye yesterday."</span></strong></a></span></p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p> <p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #657383"><a href="http://groups.fropki.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: maroon">The word is: <strong>"ONLY".</strong></span></a></span></p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p> <p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #657383"><a href="http://groups.fropki.com/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: maroon">The Message:</span></strong></a></span></p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p> <p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #657383"><a href="http://groups.fropki.com/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: purple">1. ONLY I hit him in the eye yesterday.</span></strong></a></span></p> </p><p></p><p> <p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: maroon">(No one else did.)</span></strong></p> </p><p></p><p> <p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: purple">2. I ONLY hit him in the eye yesterday. </span></strong></p> </p><p></p><p> <p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: maroon">(Did not slap him.)</span></strong></p> </p><p></p><p> <p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: purple">3. I hit ONLY him in the eye yesterday. </span></strong></p> </p><p></p><p> <p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: maroon">(I did not hit others.)</span></strong></p> </p><p></p><p> <p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: purple">4. I hit him ONLY in the eye yesterday. </span></strong></p> </p><p></p><p> <p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: maroon">(I did not hit outside the eye.)</span></strong></p> </p><p></p><p> <p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: purple">5. I hit him in ONLY the eye yesterday.</span></strong></p> </p><p></p><p> <p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: maroon">(Not other organs.)</span></strong></p> </p><p></p><p> <p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: purple">6. I hit him in the ONLY eye yesterday. </span></strong></p> </p><p></p><p> <p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: maroon">(He doesn't have another eye..)</span></strong></p> </p><p></p><p> <p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: purple">7. I hit him in the eye ONLY yesterday. </span></strong></p> </p><p></p><p> <p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: maroon">(Not today.)</span></strong></p> </p><p></p><p> <p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: purple">8. I hit him in the eye yesterday ONLY.</span></strong></p> </p><p></p><p> <p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: maroon">(Did not wait for today.)</span></strong></p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p> <span style="color: #32250A"><a href="http://groups.fropki.com/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: maroon">This is the </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #FF0080">beauty </span></strong><strong><span style="color: maroon">and </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #FF0080">complexity </span></strong><strong><span style="color: maroon">of the English language</span></strong></a></span></p><p><span style="color: #32250A"></span></p><p><span style="color: #32250A"></span></p><p><span style="color: #32250A"></span></p><p><span style="color: #32250A"></span></p><p><span style="color: #32250A"></span><em><strong><span style="color: Magenta">bump ekak daala yanna anith ayatath danumak ganna</span></strong></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GAC, post: 10629624, member: 224361"] [b]English[/b] [CENTER][CENTER][COLOR=#4A4344][URL="http://groups.fropki.com/"][COLOR=maroon]Professor Ernest Brennecke of Columbia is credited with inventing a sentence that can be made to have [B]eight [/B]different meanings by placing [B]ONE WORD[/B] in all possible positions in the sentence:[/COLOR][/URL][/COLOR][/CENTER] [/CENTER] [CENTER][CENTER][COLOR=#657383][URL="http://groups.fropki.com/"][B][COLOR=maroon]"I hit him in the eye yesterday."[/COLOR][/B][/URL][/COLOR][/CENTER] [/CENTER] [CENTER][CENTER][COLOR=#657383][URL="http://groups.fropki.com/"][COLOR=maroon]The word is: [B]"ONLY".[/B][/COLOR][/URL][/COLOR][/CENTER] [/CENTER] [CENTER][CENTER][COLOR=#657383][URL="http://groups.fropki.com/"][B][COLOR=maroon]The Message:[/COLOR][/B][/URL][/COLOR][/CENTER] [/CENTER] [CENTER][CENTER][COLOR=#657383][URL="http://groups.fropki.com/"][B][COLOR=purple]1. ONLY I hit him in the eye yesterday.[/COLOR][/B][/URL][/COLOR][/CENTER] [/CENTER] [CENTER][CENTER][B][COLOR=maroon](No one else did.)[/COLOR][/B][/CENTER] [/CENTER] [CENTER][CENTER][B][COLOR=purple]2. I ONLY hit him in the eye yesterday. [/COLOR][/B][/CENTER] [/CENTER] [CENTER][CENTER][B][COLOR=maroon](Did not slap him.)[/COLOR][/B][/CENTER] [/CENTER] [CENTER][CENTER][B][COLOR=purple]3. I hit ONLY him in the eye yesterday. [/COLOR][/B][/CENTER] [/CENTER] [CENTER][CENTER][B][COLOR=maroon](I did not hit others.)[/COLOR][/B][/CENTER] [/CENTER] [CENTER][CENTER][B][COLOR=purple]4. I hit him ONLY in the eye yesterday. [/COLOR][/B][/CENTER] [/CENTER] [CENTER][CENTER][B][COLOR=maroon](I did not hit outside the eye.)[/COLOR][/B][/CENTER] [/CENTER] [CENTER][CENTER][B][COLOR=purple]5. I hit him in ONLY the eye yesterday.[/COLOR][/B][/CENTER] [/CENTER] [CENTER][CENTER][B][COLOR=maroon](Not other organs.)[/COLOR][/B][/CENTER] [/CENTER] [CENTER][CENTER][B][COLOR=purple]6. I hit him in the ONLY eye yesterday. [/COLOR][/B][/CENTER] [/CENTER] [CENTER][CENTER][B][COLOR=maroon](He doesn't have another eye..)[/COLOR][/B][/CENTER] [/CENTER] [CENTER][CENTER][B][COLOR=purple]7. I hit him in the eye ONLY yesterday. [/COLOR][/B][/CENTER] [/CENTER] [CENTER][CENTER][B][COLOR=maroon](Not today.)[/COLOR][/B][/CENTER] [/CENTER] [CENTER][CENTER][B][COLOR=purple]8. I hit him in the eye yesterday ONLY.[/COLOR][/B][/CENTER] [/CENTER] [CENTER][CENTER][B][COLOR=maroon](Did not wait for today.)[/COLOR][/B][/CENTER] [/CENTER] [COLOR=#32250A][URL="http://groups.fropki.com/"][B][COLOR=maroon]This is the [/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=#FF0080]beauty [/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=maroon]and [/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=#FF0080]complexity [/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=maroon]of the English language[/COLOR][/B][/URL] [/COLOR][I][B][COLOR=Magenta]bump ekak daala yanna anith ayatath danumak ganna[/COLOR][/B][/I] [/QUOTE]
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