Characteristics of Intonation  

I did not tell her that. (… Someone else told her)

I did not tell her that. (… You said I did. or… but now I will)

I did not tell her that. (… I did not say it; she could have inferred it)

I did not tell her that. (… I told someone else)

I did not tell her that. (… I told her something else)

This is what I love about the English language.

 
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