Word order joke

"If a person is suddenly nice to you, it means what he wants from you. If a person has been good to you, it means that he loves you very much. "

If you see a friend posting this passage in a circle of friends, your first reaction may be to guess that this friend may want to express that his other half is very kind to ta.

But if we try to change the order of the two sentences in this passage, our first reaction may be different:

"If a person has been very kind to you, it means that he loves you very much. If a person is suddenly nice to you, it means that he wants something from you. "

Maybe this friend suddenly met someone who didn't care much about himself, but suddenly came to the door to pay attention.

We may encounter similar situations in our daily life. We wanted to say one thing, but suddenly we said another thing first. As a result, the listener will think you are serious.

Often many people will ignore this matter. When I was studying, my favorite course was linguistics, and the teacher always gave many particularly interesting examples. Sometimes just the change of punctuation, or the exchange of a word order, can make the obedient human body have different meanings. It can be said that this course has influenced my speaking habits in the future.

Maybe when we express something, we can solve the boss's misunderstanding, change the attitude of our lover and reduce the harm to our family by thinking more before saying it.

Perhaps this is also the true meaning of "think twice before you act".