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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very nice information shared by you friend . keep it up . ye dil mange more of this type sentences.

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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.
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."

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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'.

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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.

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
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.

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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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