ඉංග්රීසි භාෂාවේ අපූරු යෙදුමක්
කොලොම්බියා විශ්ව විද්යාලයේ මහාචාර්ය අර්නස්ට් බ්රෙනෙක් (Ernest Brennecke) විසින් ඉංග්රීසි භාෂාවේ අපූරු යෙදුමක් සොයාගෙන තිබේ. එනම් වචන 7 කින් යුත් වාක්යයකට (I hit him in the eye yesterday) යෙදිය හැකි සෑම තැනකටම එකම වචනයක් (Only) යෙදීමෙන් වෙනස් අර්ථ 8 ක් ඇතිවන ආකාරයට වාක්යයක් සොයගෙන ඇත.
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.)
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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