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I didn't say she stole my money →

booksbooksbooks:

inky:

This sentence has seven different meanings, depending on the stressed word:

  1. I didn’t say she stole my money — someone else said it.
  2. I didn’t say she stole my money — I didn’t say it.
  3. I didn’t say she stole my money — I only implied it.
  4. I didn’t say she stole my money — I said someone did, not necessarily her.
  5. I didn’t say she stole my money — I considered it borrowed, even though she didn’t ask.
  6. I didn’t say she stole my money — only that she stole money.
  7. I didn’t say she stole my money — she stole stuff which cost me money to replace.

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    I love languages. I love English.
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    brilliant point.
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    Tone is everything.
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    This sentence has seven different meanings, depending on the stressed word: I didn’t say she stole my money — someone...
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    People who study English are the worst!
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    This is why I hate the English language…
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    I love the English language.
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    This sentence has seven different meanings, depending on the stressed word: I didn’t say she stole my money — someone...
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    English = fascinating.
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    This sentence has seven different meanings, depending on the stressed word: I didn’t say she stole my money — someone...
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    tumblrs are dorks. including me.
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    Khủng khiếp quá..
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    This sentence has seven different meanings, depending on the stressed word: I didn’t say she stole my money — someone...
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    enjoyed reading this. My favorite is number 3.
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    Damn, English. D:
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    am CONSTANTLY doing this in...head with sentences...was...
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    Don’t you just love english?
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    Homies got too much time...their hands, and i got too much free time reading this.
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    got to spend a week picking and analyzing a poem a day for English. One was the first one listed here. That is precisely...
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    ————————————————————————————- The english language is a complicated thing.
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    do this with random phrases all the time....love how many shades of meaning are in one...
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    ahhhh…semantics and tone.
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    i’m studying prosody&intonation right now, even! so good!
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    See? English is a tonal language.
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    Interesting. Emphasis on different words makes the whole sentence different.
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    OH EM GEE! How much do
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    like this innnteresting.
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    Isn’t language fun!?
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    Tone is awesome. :)
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    this is why AIM fails
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    bitch better give it back, yo.
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    about how much I love grammar >.
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    wow this was awesome.
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    I didn’t say she stole my money
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    Hahaha this is awesome. I had to say each one, each time with more attitude. ROFL :)
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    know this isn’t strictly grammar-related. But tonight, for some reason, I’d been thinking of the beautiful subtleties...
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    Oh Hey There: “I didn’t say she stole my money” Reading this, I feel like...demonic child...
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    Monkeytypist is right. The literal, compositional meaning of the sentence stays exactly the same regardless of stress....
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    Say what you mean!
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    listen to which one of the seven you actually said or b.) get themselves in a lather over bullshit and hear whatever...
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    If you ever see me spacing out, this is usually...type of thing I’m working out in
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    This could kind of work with any sentence, right? This could kind of work with any sentence, right? This could oh fuck...
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    Oh, good grief. Does anyone reblog this without thinking, even for a second, about what the meaning of “meaning” is?
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    learn speaking English! XD
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    Haha, I emphasized each word too! This is soo true and too funny :)
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    remember lecturing...grandmother on the interesting nature of emphasis on different words...
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    read each one. And yes...did emphasize the italicized word
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    (Hahaha, I do this stuff in my head)
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    The funny thing about...English language is you could do this with many, many sentences....
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    Sometimes language can really blow your mind.
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    English is so stressful.
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    is why intonation is so important
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    English is so neat!
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    bet you will too! You gotta love how language works sometimes.
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    fucking English language.
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    Oh my dear. We studied this in Linguistics.
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    Irregardless of what was stressed, without a period at...a sentence ;) And also, bitch...
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    Pretty cool, ey? Just shows how important tone is.
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    English Grammar nerd in me. =]
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    complexities of the English language. inky:
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