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<blockquote data-quote="retuom" data-source="post: 9909965" data-attributes="member: 98545"><p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><u><span style="color: red">The Beauty and Complexity of English Language</span></u></p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Professor Ernest Brennecke of Columbia is credited with inventing a sentence that can be made to have eight different meanings by placing ONE WORD in allpossible positions in the sentence: "<strong>I hit him in the eye yesterday</strong><strong>."</strong></p><p></p><p>The word is "<strong><span style="color: red">ONLY</span></strong>".<strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>The Message:</strong></p><p><strong></strong><strong>1.<span style="color: red"> ONLY </span>I hit him in the eye yesterday. (No one else did)</strong><strong></strong></p><p><strong>2. I <span style="color: red">ONLY</span> hit him in the eye yesterday. (Did not slap him)</strong><strong></strong></p><p><strong>3. I hit <span style="color: red">ONLY</span> him in the eye yesterday. (I did not hit others)</strong><strong></strong></p><p><strong>4. I hit him <span style="color: red">ONLY</span> in the eye yesterday. (I did not hit outside the eye)</strong></p><p><strong></strong><strong>5. I hit him in <span style="color: red">ONLY</span> the eye yesterday. (Not other organs)</strong><strong></strong></p><p><strong>6. I hit him in the <span style="color: red">ONLY</span> eye yesterday. (He doesn't have another eye)</strong><strong></strong></p><p><strong>7. I hit him in the eye <span style="color: red">ONLY </span>yesterday. (Not today)</strong><strong></strong></p><p><strong>8. I hit him in the eye yesterday <span style="color: red">ONLY</span>. (Did not wait for today)</strong><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>This is the beauty and complexity of the English language.</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong><a href="https://groups.google.com/d/topic/lankawebnet/2td7jXGnqto/discussion" target="_blank">https://groups.google.com/d/topic/lankawebnet/2td7jXGnqto/discussion</a></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="retuom, post: 9909965, member: 98545"] [CENTER][CENTER][U][COLOR=red]The Beauty and Complexity of English Language[/COLOR][/U][/CENTER] [/CENTER] Professor Ernest Brennecke of Columbia is credited with inventing a sentence that can be made to have eight different meanings by placing ONE WORD in allpossible positions in the sentence: "[B]I hit him in the eye yesterday[/B][B]."[/B] The word is "[B][COLOR=red]ONLY[/COLOR][/B]".[B] The Message: [/B][B]1.[COLOR=red] ONLY [/COLOR]I hit him in the eye yesterday. (No one else did)[/B][B] 2. I [COLOR=red]ONLY[/COLOR] hit him in the eye yesterday. (Did not slap him)[/B][B] 3. I hit [COLOR=red]ONLY[/COLOR] him in the eye yesterday. (I did not hit others)[/B][B] 4. I hit him [COLOR=red]ONLY[/COLOR] in the eye yesterday. (I did not hit outside the eye) [/B][B]5. I hit him in [COLOR=red]ONLY[/COLOR] the eye yesterday. (Not other organs)[/B][B] 6. I hit him in the [COLOR=red]ONLY[/COLOR] eye yesterday. (He doesn't have another eye)[/B][B] 7. I hit him in the eye [COLOR=red]ONLY [/COLOR]yesterday. (Not today)[/B][B] 8. I hit him in the eye yesterday [COLOR=red]ONLY[/COLOR]. (Did not wait for today)[/B][B] This is the beauty and complexity of the English language.[/B] [B][URL]https://groups.google.com/d/topic/lankawebnet/2td7jXGnqto/discussion[/URL] [/B] [/QUOTE]
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