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.)
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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.
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.
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."
:laugh: :laugh:
I am giving you such one, the importance of punctuation stressed here. I think you might have heard about it. Yet, I am quoting here for a refreshment.
Magistrate after a trial wrote, "Hang him not, leave him"
Actually he was to write, "Hang him, not leave him"
He misplaced the comma. Thus victim escaped!!!! :)
hehe, yes that is the importance of punctuation
there is another one i heard not long ago,
'women without her man is nothing'
was given to a group of students.
The male section wrote thus,'women, without her man, is nothing'
while the female section wrote thus,'women:without her, man is nothing'
there is another one i heard not long ago,
'women without her man is nothing'
was given to a group of students.
The male section wrote thus,'women, without her man, is nothing'
while the female section wrote thus,'women:without her, man is nothing'
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