See a sentence that can be made to have eight different meanings by placing ONE WORD in all possible positions in the sentence:
"I hit him in the eye yesterday." The word is "ONLY". The Message: 1. ONLY I hit him in the eye yesterday. (No one else did.) 2. I ONLY hit him in the eye yesterday. (Did not slap him.) 3. I hit ONLY him in the eye yesterday. (I did not hit others.) 4. I hit him ONLY in the eye yesterday (I did not hit outside the eye). 5. I hit him in ONLY the eye yesterday (Not other organs). 6. I hit him in the ONLY eye yesterday (He doesn't have another eye). 7. I hit him in the eye ONLY yesterday (Not today). 8. I hit him in the eye yesterday ONLY (Did not wait for today). Will this work for Kannada or Hindi or Urdu or other languages? (forwarded from a whatsapp post) IT for Change, Bengaluru www.ITforChange.net -- EnglishSTF Link: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/englishstf -- *For doubts on Ubuntu and other public software, visit http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions **Are you using pirated software? Use Sarvajanika Tantramsha, see http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Public_Software ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ಇಲಾಖೆಗೆ ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶ ***If a teacher wants to join STF-read http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Become_a_STF_groups_member --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "EnglishSTF" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/englishstf. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/englishstf/CANJf2f-MMNERgcwYg6-5FQ4U7UmbxR3Agsv4%3DiYGxqJ-BfHecA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
