Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Path: utzoo!decvax!decwrl!ucbvax!trwrba.UUCP!ice From: ice@TRWRBA.UUCP Newsgroups: mod.ai Subject: Re: ambiguous sentences Message-ID: <8603051801.AA02993@RDCF.SDC.UUCP> Date: Wed, 5-Mar-86 13:01:18 EST Article-I.D.: RDCF.8603051801.AA02993 Posted: Wed Mar 5 13:01:18 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 13-Mar-86 00:01:17 EST References: <8603040836.AA13931@ucbvax.berkeley.edu> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: TRW EDS, Redondo Beach, CA Lines: 14 Approved: ailist@sri-ai.arpa I'm not sure that this is precisely what you are looking for, but I remember a sentence whose meaning changes slightly when different words are stressed: I never said he stole that money. I NEVER said he stole that money. I never SAID he stole that money. I never said HE stole that money. I never said he STOLE that money. I never said he stole THAT money. I never said he stole that MONEY. --Doug Ice.