The syntax of certain sentences is particular and helps convey a child's speech. For example, Alice responds to the caterpillar: “That was not an encouraging opening to a conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly: "I…I hardly know, sir, just at the moment – ​​at least I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since” (Carroll 38). . The break in his thought process reveals the same confusion as a child, and the capital word "was" is emphasized to give importance to the past. However, the last comment, "I think I must have been edited" seems odd in terms of syntax. This sentence is an affirmative sentence in which its subject is a verb and a past participle. The arrangement of this sentence suggests that Alice firmly believes that she must have been changed.