پروفسور ارنست برنک کلمبیایی جمله ای را اختراع کرد که تنها با قراردادن یک کلمه در همه نقاط ممکن آن، معنای متفاوتی به خود می گرفت: جمله: I hit him in the eye yesterday و کلمه مورد نظر : "ONLY" 1. ONLY I hit him in the eye yesterday. (No one else did.) 2. I ONLY hit him in the eye yesterday. (Did not slap him.) 3. I hit ONLY him in the eye yesterday. (I did not hit others.) 4. I hit him ONLY in the eye yesterday. (I did not hit outside the eye.) 5. I hit him in ONLY the eye yesterday. (Not other organs.) 6. I hit him in the ONLY eye yesterday. (He doesn't have another eye.) 7. I hit him in the eye ONLY yesterday. (Not today.) 8. I hit him in the eye yesterday