Friday, April 20, 2007

syn tax

The challenge: using punctuation and emphasis, how many ways can you make the following phrase have different meanings?

"I don't want to go do another day's work"

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1. "I've already spent ONE day doing this for you.
I don't want to go do ANOTHER day's work."


2. "As of today, I am through with this job!
I don't want to go do ANOTHER DAY'S WORK!"


3. "You've already spent a day on this and now you want me to do it.
I don't want to. Go do another day's work."


4. "If I work for one more day, can I stay?"
"Yes."
"I don't want to go."
"Do another day's work!"
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