Synonym sentences and their meanings (2)

[Van Khanh]

Dear friends,

Please help me with these sentences.
Do they have the same meaning? If not, please explain.

1.
Who could think of something like that but Roland?
Who but Roland could think of something like that?

2.
I got on the bus and who but Roland should be sitting in front of me!
I got on the bus and who should be sitting in front of me but Roland!

3.
We shouldn’t have long to wait.
We should’nt have to wait long.

4.
I have been here for 2 weeks.
It is 2 weeks since I was here.

5.
Until tomorrow, you will never have heard about it.
Until tomorrow, you will have never heard about it.

6.
That looks an interesting book.
That looks like an interesting book.

7.
A: Could you put your seat forward now, sir? We’ll be landing.
B: So soon?
A: Could you put your seat forward now, sir? We’ll be landing.
B: So early?

8.
I fixed this car.
I fixed this car up.

9.
Do it right now!
Do it right away!

10.
As from today, if anyone phones, maybe you tell them I’m on business.
As from today, if anyone phones, you might tell them I’m on business.

Many thanks

Van Khanh

[Mister Micawber]

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5.
Until tomorrow, you will never have heard about it.
Until tomorrow, you will have never heard about it. -- both semantically synonymous and semantically anomalous.

10.
As from today, if anyone phones, maybe you tell them I’m on business. -- wrong
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