
English Teacher
Hi!
I really want to enquire about some word order with the following sentences.
Please, let me know which one exactly means what? Or if there is any difference between the different bunch of sentences?
- Here everybody speaks English.
- Everybody here speaks English.
- Everybody speaks here English.
- Everybody speaks English here.
- I, too, have gone to the cinema.
- I have gone to the cinema, too.
- I have gone to the cinema, as well.
- Also I have gone to the cinema.
- I also have gone to the cinema.
- I have also gone to the cinema.
- I have gone also to the cinema.
- I have gone to the cinema also.
- Only I have done the housework.
- I only have done the housework.
- I have only done the housework.
- I have done only the housework.
Thanks for answering in advance. Bye.
Balázs.
Last edited by RonBee; 18-Nov-2007 at 20:56. Reason: fix goof (Thanks: PTB)
The first sentence ("I, too, have gone to the cinema") means that the person has gone to the cinema in addition to someone else (not mentioned here).
Re:Also, I have gone to the cinema.The person went to the cinema in addition to something else he or she did.
The following sentences are somewhat ambiguous:I have gone to the cinema, too.
I have gone to the cinema, as well.
I also have gone to the cinema.
I have also gone to the cinema.
I have gone to the cinema also.While I can make an educated guess that somebody went to the cinema and that he (or she) also did so, there is another possible interpretation. Perhaps the speaker (or writer) went to the cinema in addition to something else he (or she) did. Additional context would make us more sure of our interpretation.
The sentence "I have gone also to the cinema" is ungrammatical and is meaningless.
~R
I would call them short poems. :)
What a nice idea from my brilliant brain.
Don't be so embarrassed, if you didn't goofed (new word for me) then how could I pointed it out. :)
Yes, edit because I goofed.
Last edited by ProudToBeMuslim; 18-Nov-2007 at 21:27.
That's what erasers are on pencils for.
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