"I never said she stole my money" has 7 different meanings depending on the stressed word.
I didn't say she stole my money - someone else said it.
I didn't say she stole my money - I didn't say it.
I didn't say she stole my money - I only implied it.
I didn't say she stole my money - I said someone did, not necessarily her.
I didn't say she stole my money - I considered it borrowed, even though she didn't ask.
I didn't say she stole my money - only that she stole money.
I didn't say she stole my money - she stole stuff which cost me money to replace.
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You can also stress multiple words.
I didn't say she stole my money. -- the interlocutor probably misunderstood all parties involved; this is likely followed up by a corrected sentence
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This must be the most useless post on the entire internet. Have you ever considered that this is true for any sentence in any language?
Have YOU ever considered that this is true for any sentence in any language?
Have you EVER considered that this is true for any sentence in any language?
Have you ever CONSIDERED that this is true for any sentence in any language?
Have you ever considered that this is true for ANY sentence in ANY language?
Have you ever considered that this is TRUE for any sentence in any language?
I never said she stole MY waffles.
> I never said she stole MY waffles.
I see what you did there.
Not waffles . . . carrots
I never said she stole my BIKE.
> I never said she stole MY waffles.
Don't you mean carrots?
Waffles? I think you mean carrots.
Who stole your carrots?!
> I never said she stole MY waffles
Don't you mean carrots?
Waffles? Don't you mean carrots? HAHAHAHA
waffles? don't you mean carrots? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Reddit does not say "Hi". We take it back.
Waffles? Don't you mean carrots?
She stole my money, the Bitch!
WRONG. The sentence literally means the same thing in *all* instances.
What one INFERS is what changes.
This will also work on the sentence "Hi"
You can either do hi or hi
Oh wait, thats the same
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OH wait, thats the same
oh WAIT, thats the same
oh wait, THATS the same
Oh wait, thats THE same
Oh wait, thats the SAME
I never SAID she was a SHE.
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