Ordet är “ONLY”

Professor Ernest Brennecke of Columbia har uppfunnit en mening som kan göras till att ha åtta olika betydelser, genom att man placerar ett ord i alla tänkbara positioner i meningen:“I hit him in the eye yesterday.”
Ordet är “ONLY”.

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

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

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

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

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

6.I hit him in the ONLY eye yesterday. (He doesn’t have another eye..)

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

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

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