August 23, 2009

@ 22:58

Came across with this very interesting thing when browsing books in the library, blahblahblah.

See how one sentence with different stress on different word changes the whole meaning:

I didn't say he stole the money. (Someone else said it.)
I didn't say he stole the money. (It's not true at all!)
I didn't say he stole the money. (I'm suggesting the possibility.)
I didn't say he stole the money. (I'm referring to somebody else, not him.)
I didn't say he stole the money. (He's just borrowing it)
I didn't say he stole the money. (Not the money in the bank, is the money in the safe.)
I didn't say he stole the money. (He stole not the money, maybe some computers.)

Interesting, isn't it?