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Saturday, February 17, 2007

The Mischievously, "Only" and "The Comma"

See how swapping of a word can make huge change to the meaning in english , and I post here one post of my friend, Sam Chan's blogsite, 'Acquire Wisdom and Live With Passion' .

"Only he said that he loved her.
He only said that he loved her.
He said only that he loved her.
He said that only he loved her.
He said that he only loved her.
He said that he loved only her.
He said that he loved her only."

"A little learning is a dangerous thing." - Alexander Pope.

I add to it one of mine, and note what a simple shifting of a "Comma" can make the difference !

"Hang him not, leave him."
"Hang him, not leave him."

This speaks of the 'great richness' of english language and it's 'grammar'.
BEST OF FUTURE

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