Exercise 1-9: Inflection

Notice how the meaning changes, while the actual words stay the same.
1. I didn't say he stole the money. Someone else said it.
2. I didn't say he stole the money. That's not true at all.
3. I didn't say he stole the money. I only suggested the possibility.
4. I didn't say he stole the money. I think someone else took it.
5. I didn't say he stole the money. Maybe he just borrowed it.
6. I didn't say he stole the money, but rather some other money.
7. I didn't say he stole the money. He may have taken some jewelry.

[I]__ I didn't say he stole the money. Someone else said it.
It's true that somebody said it, but I wasn't that person.

[Didn't]__ I didn't say he stole the money. That's not true at all.
Someone has accused me and I'm protesting my innocence.

[Say]__ I didn't say he stole the money. I only suggested the possibility.
Maybe I hinted it. Maybe I wrote it. In some way, I indicated that he stole the money, but I didn't say it.

[He]__ I didn't say he stole the money. I think someone else took it.
I think someone stole the money, only not the person you suspect did it.

[Stole]__ I didn't say he stole the money. Maybe he just borrowed it.
I agree that he took it, but I think his motive was different.

[The]__ I didn't say he stole the money, but rather some other money.
We agree that he stole some money, but I don't think it's this money.

[Money]__ I didn't say he stole the money. He may have taken some jewelry.
We agree that he's a thief, but we think he stole different things.

Notice that in the first half of these sentences nothing changes but the intonation.
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