Funny books tickle my funny bone.

Meaning: This sentence means that funny books make us laugh a lot.

Choice of Words: Funny means causing laughter or amusement. Books are a source of information and entertainment. Tickle means to touch someone lightly and repeatedly in a way that causes laughter or amusement. Funny bone is an informal term for a part of the body that is sensitive to tickling. In this sentence, tickle is used to describe the effect that funny books have on us.

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Funny books make me laugh.

Meaning: This means that reading funny books makes me happy and amused.

Choice of Words: Funny means causing laughter or amusement. Books are things you read, like stories or poems. Make means to cause something to happen. Laugh means to make a sound showing you are amused or happy. When you put them together, "Funny books make me laugh" means that reading funny books causes me to make a sound showing I am amused or happy.

Books that are funny make me giggle.

Meaning: This means that reading funny books makes me laugh in a silly or high-pitched way.

Choice of Words: Books are things you read, like stories or poems. That is a word used to identify something specific. Are is a verb that means to exist or to be. Funny means causing laughter or amusement. Make means to cause something to happen. Giggle means to laugh in a silly or high-pitched way. When you put them together, "Books that are funny make me giggle" means that books that cause laughter or amusement cause me to laugh in a silly or high-pitched way.

Reading funny books gives me a case of the giggles.

Meaning: This means that reading funny books makes me laugh in a silly or high-pitched way.

Choice of Words: Reading is the act of looking at and understanding written words. Funny means causing laughter or amusement. Books are things you read, like stories or poems. Gives means to transfer something to someone. A is an indefinite article used before a noun. Case means an instance or example of something. The is a definite article used before a noun. Giggles means a series of silly or high-pitched laughs. When you put them together, "Reading funny books gives me a case of the giggles" means that the act of looking at and understanding written words that cause laughter or amusement transfers to me an instance or example of a series of silly or high-pitched laughs.

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