It's funny how drastically changing the order of words can effect the meaning of a sentence (not to be too specific; it can also change clauses, exclamations, you know, whatever).
I was thinking* of this because the silly song "If I Only had a Brain" from the Wizard of Oz was stuck in my head. The scarecrow sings that "if [he] only had a brain, [he'd] dance and be a-merry."
*It hurt.
Then I thought, if I had only a brain, I'd like to live in a jar.
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