- نویسنده : رسول صباغی
- تاریخ : ۱٢:٠٦ ب.ظ - ۱۳٩۱/٧/۱٧
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پروفسور ارنست برنک کلمبیایی جمله ای را اختراع کرد که تنها با قراردادن یک کلمه در همه نقاط ممکن آن، معنای متفاوتی به خود می گرفت:
جمله: I hit him in the eye yesterday
و کلمه مورد نظر : "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.)
