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MrScorpio

(73,630 posts)
Wed Oct 22, 2014, 04:52 PM Oct 2014

"She told him that she loved him."



Adding the word "only" in various parts of the sentence changes it significantly:


Only, she told him that she loved him. (Get your story straight)

She only told him that she loved him. (If someone says otherwise, they're lying)

She told only him that she loved him. (Ditto)

She told him only that she loved him. (A woman of few words)

She told him that only she loved him. (We have the winner for most passive-aggressive sentence right here)

She told him that she only loved him. (She just doesn't like him very much)

She told him that she loved only him. (She doth protest too much)

She told him that she loved him only. (Ditto, with a side of passive-aggression)
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"She told him that she loved him." (Original Post) MrScorpio Oct 2014 OP
I like the 4th one Ash_F Oct 2014 #1
words are such fun, aren't they? n/t orleans Oct 2014 #2
And for the man, it is of utmost importance that none of these women meet. baldguy Oct 2014 #3
Oh my, yes indeed. In_The_Wind Oct 2014 #4
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