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CD1-16 Exercise 1-9: Inflection

 

Exercise 1-9: Inflection CD 1 Track 16

Notice how the meaning changes, while the actual words stay the same.

1. I didn't say he stole the money. Someone else said it.
2. I didn't say he stole the money. That's not true at all.
3. I didn't say he stole the money. I only suggested the possibility.
4. I didn't say he stole the money. I think someone else took it.
5. I didn't say he stole the money. Maybe he just borrowed it.
6. I didn't say he stole the money, but rather some other money.
7. I didn't say he stole the money. He may have taken some jewelry.
I             I didn't say he stole the money. Someone else said it.
              It's true that somebody said it, but I wasn't that person.
Didn't    I didn't say he stole the money. That's not true at all.
              Someone has accused me and I'm protesting my innocence.
Say        I didn't say he stole the money. I only suggested the possibility.
              Maybe I hinted it. Maybe I wrote it. In some way, I indicated that he stole the money, but I didn't say it.
He         I didn't say he stole the money. I think someone else took it.
              I think someone stole the money, only not the person you suspect did it.
Stole      I didn't say he stole the money. Maybe he just borrowed it.
              I agree that he took it, but I think his motive was different.
The       I didn't say he stole the money, but rather some other money.
             We agree that he stole some money, but I don't think it's this money.
Money  I didn't say he stole the money. He may have taken some jewelry. 
             We agree that he's a thief, but we think he stole different things.

Notice that in the first half of these sentences nothing changes but the intonation.
V Repeat after me.

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