English word order I don't know if the order of words in a sentence is as critical in other languages. Can you understand the distinct meaning of each of these? Try to translate them into your nativ

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English word order

I don't know if the order of words in a sentence is as critical in other languages. Can you understand the distinct meaning of each of these? Try to translate them into your native language...

Only the cat sat on the mat

The only cat sat on the mat

The cat only sat on the mat

The cat sat only on the mat

The cat sat on only the mat

The cat sat on the only mat

The cat sat on the mat only

5 июня 2020 г., 19:36

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21 июля 2020 г.

Bit off topic but it does relate. Usually we would stress the word 'only' to emphasise the meaning for each sentence besides the grammatical meaning. This creates different meaning without changing word order. For example, 'I didn't say you stole my money' is a straightforward sentence but stressing a different word each time you say the sentence changes the meaning. Just something interesting I thought I'd add.

20 июля 2020 г.

فقط القطة جلست على السجادة

القطة الوحيدة جلست على السجادة

القطة فقط جلست على السجادة

القطة جلست على السجادة الوحيدة

القطة جلست على السجادة فقط

A few thoughts:

<ul><li>The word “only” has two different meanings here, which are conveyed using two different words in Arabic.</li><li>Sentences 3, 4, and 5 have very similar meanings, which are not distinguished in Arabic.</li><li>Nothing can come between a preposition and the object of the preposition in Arabic, which makes sentence 5 impossible.</li></ul>

5 июня 2020 г.