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Related: Culture Forums, Support Forums"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
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Ash_F
(5,861 posts)1. I like the 4th one
orleans
(34,043 posts)2. words are such fun, aren't they? n/t
baldguy
(36,649 posts)3. And for the man, it is of utmost importance that none of these women meet.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)4. Oh my, yes indeed.