If Only Game

Following the instructions on the item I re-posted earlier this morning, I thought I would try it out:

Place the word ‘only’ anywhere in the sentence: ‘She told him that she loved him.’

Only she told him that she loved him.

She only told him that she loved him.

She told only him that she loved him.

She told him only that she loved him.

She told him that only she loved him.

She told him that she only loved him.

She told him that she loved only him.

She told him that she loved him only.

You can see how the word ‘only’ changes the meaning of the sentence and each sentence makes sense. Then I took another sentence, ‘Friends filled my world while my life was light’ and put it through the same process:

Only friends filled my world while my life was light.

Friends only filled my world while my life was light.

Friends filled only my world while my life was light.

Friends filled my only world while my life was light.

Friends filled my world only while my life was light.

Friends filled my world while only my life was light.

Friends filled my world while my only life was light.

Friends filled my world while my life only was light.

Friends filled my world while my life was only light.

Friends filled my world while my life was light only.

It does work, but it doesn’t make sense in every variation. I might try this exercise with another sentence tomorrow.