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I didn’t say you should spend all your money. (Emphasis on I)
Someone else might have said it, but I didn’t.
I didn’t say you should spend all your money. (Emphasis on didn’t)
I’m strongly denying it. I didn’t say that at all.
I didn’t say you should spend all your money. (Emphasis on you)
I meant someone else should spend their money, not you.
I didn’t say you should spend all your money. (Emphasis on spend)
I meant to do something else with the money, like save it.
I didn’t say you should spend all your money. (Emphasis on all)
Maybe only some of the money should be spent, not everything.
I didn’t say you should spend all your money. (Emphasis on your)
Use someone else’s money, not your own.
She bought the shoes, not the bag. (Emphasis on bought)
She didn’t rent or borrow the shoes—she paid for them.
She bought the shoes, not the bag. (Emphasis on shoes)
She bought the shoes, not any other item like a bag.
They only paid for one service. (Emphasis on paid)
They didn’t get it for free—they actually paid for it.
They only paid for one service. (Emphasis on one)
They paid for a single service, not multiple.
I didn’t borrow any money from you. (Emphasis on borrow)
I didn’t borrow it—I could have received it as a gift or in some other way.
I didn’t borrow any money from you. (Emphasis on any)
I didn’t borrow even a small amount of money.
I can’t afford to buy a new laptop right now. (Emphasis on can’t)
It’s not possible for me to buy it.
I can’t afford to buy a new laptop right now. (Emphasis on afford)
I don’t have the money to buy it, even if I want to.
He does like to shop at sales. (Emphasis on does)
It’s true, even if someone else says he doesn’t.
He likes to shop at sales. (Emphasis on sales)
He prefers shopping at sales instead of at regular prices.
