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Hi friends,
I found this is my father's mail,sounds interesting !

One Word Changes The Meaning..

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 all possible positions in the sentence: "I hit him in the eye yesterday."

The word is "ONLY".
Hmm, sounds interesting?? Let's take a look it...

=> ONLY I hit him in the eye yesterday. (No one else did.)

=> I ONLY hit him in the eye yesterday. (Did not slap him.)

=> I hit ONLY him in the eye yesterday. (I did not hit others.)

=> I hit him ONLY in the eye yesterday. (I did not hit outside the eye.)

=> I hit him in ONLY the eye yesterday. (Not other organs.)

=> I hit him in the ONLY eye yesterday. (He doesn't have another eye.)

=> I hit him in the eye ONLY yesterday. (Not today.)

=> I hit him in the eye yesterday ONLY. (Did not wait for today.)
Swetha Shenoy
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    very nice information shared by you friend . keep it up . ye dil mange more of this type sentences.

    Santosh Kumar Singh


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    Hi friends,
    I found this is my father's mail,sounds interesting !

    One Word Changes The Meaning..

    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 all possible positions in the sentence: "I hit him in the eye yesterday."

    The word is "ONLY".
    Hmm, sounds interesting?? Let's take a look it...

    => ONLY I hit him in the eye yesterday. (No one else did.)

    => I ONLY hit him in the eye yesterday. (Did not slap him.)

    => I hit ONLY him in the eye yesterday. (I did not hit others.)

    => I hit him ONLY in the eye yesterday. (I did not hit outside the eye.)

    => I hit him in ONLY the eye yesterday. (Not other organs.)

    => I hit him in the ONLY eye yesterday. (He doesn't have another eye.)

    => I hit him in the eye ONLY yesterday. (Not today.)

    => I hit him in the eye yesterday ONLY. (Did not wait for today.)




    same set of words, different formations with different meanings. good one.
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    Every language has its own style and grammar. One of my friends says: "Here lies the point." for stressing that he understood the underlying idea. Somebody tried to understand this in Hindi. He got the translation: "Bindu yahan Vishraam karati hai."

    G. K. Ajmani Tax consultant
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    This thread is more on English language skills than humor. I feel that this should be in the category "Improving English writing skills'.

    G. K. Ajmani Tax consultant
    http://gkajmani-mystraythoughts.blogspot.com/

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    Really a very good sentence shared and I carefully read all these sentences and their meaning.
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    This was really amazing to read, same set of words in different manner with different meanings.

    Slow and Steady Wins the Race.

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    Gulshan ji,

    I wanted to keep this under the category of improving English writing skills,but seldom does anyone read that section,hence I have categorized this under the humor section so that the people will read,laugh and learn.
    Swetha Shenoy
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    Humour and Jokes are always hot topics in any forum!Am I right Swetha?
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    Gulshan ji,

    I wanted to keep this under the category of improving English writing skills,but seldom does anyone read that section,hence I have categorized this under the humor section so that the people will read,laugh and learn.


    Thanks for explanation. The category- Humor- is really more popular. But there are many aspects of English language that do not amount to humor. In order to keep the category- English writing skills- alive, I suggest that common mistakes in forums be listed and improvement suggested in that category from time to time.

    G. K. Ajmani Tax consultant
    http://gkajmani-mystraythoughts.blogspot.com/

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    I am replying to this thread so that Sandhya,Sarala,Smriti,Ram Prosad and Chinmoy ji can read the main subject here and have a laugh

    :)
    Swetha Shenoy
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