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6.10 Tutorial: Identifying Ambiguous Sentences

by Gary Jason | Aug 8, 2018

Instructions: Recall from the text that a sentence is ambiguous if it has more than one meaning (or ‘reading’). This can be due to an ambiguous word or phrase, or it can be due to bad grammatical construction. You demonstrate that you see the ambiguity in a sentence when you can give more than one reading of it.

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1. Question
“Law Would Permit Ads on Eyeglasses”
- “A new law permits ads for eyeglasses” or “Eyeglasses will now be legal to advertise.”
- “A new law will permit advertising for eyeglasses” or “A new law will permit placing ads directly on the eyeglasses themselves.”
- “A new law will permit ads by eyeglass wearers” or “A new law permits ads for eyeglasses.”
- “A new law will permit placing ads directly on the eyeglasses themselves” or “A new law permits advertising by people with eyeglasses.”
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2. Question
“Bar Trying to Help Alcoholic Lawyers”
- “The State Association of Lawyers is trying to help lawyers overcome alcoholism” or “The State Association of Lawyers is trying to help lawyers become alcoholic.”
- “A local bar is trying to help lawyers become alcoholic” or “The State Association of Lawyers is trying to help lawyers overcome alcoholism.”
- “A local bar is trying to help lawyers overcome alcoholism” or “A saloon is trying to help lawyers cure their addictions to alcohol.”
- “The State Association of Lawyers overcome alcoholism” or “A local bar is trying to help lawyers overcome alcoholism.”
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“Blind Woman Gets New Kidney from Father She Hasn’t Seen in Years”
- “Blind woman gets a kidney she hasn’t seen in years” or “Blind woman gets a kidney from her father, whom she hasn’t seen in years.”
- “Blind woman gets kidney from her father whom she hasn’t seen in years” or “Blind woman gets kidney from her father who hasn’t seen it in years.”
- “Blind woman gets kidney from her father, whom she hasn’t seen in years” or “Blind woman gets kidney from her father, whom she hasn’t met with in years.”
- “Blind woman gets kidney from her father, whom she hasn’t met with in years” or “Father of blind woman, who had not visited her in years, gave her one of his kidneys.”
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4. Question
“LA Voters Approve Urban Renewal by Landslide”
- “LA voters vote for urban renewal by a huge margin” or “LA voters vote for using landslides to bring about urban renewal.”
- “LA voters vote for urban renewal by a huge margin” or “Urban renewal voted for by a large majority of LA citizens.”
- “LA voters vote for urban renewal by a huge margin” or “LA voters overwhelmingly support landslides.”
- “Voters approve LA by a large margin” or “LA voters vote for urban renewal by a huge margin.”
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5. Question
“Mauling by Bear Leaves Woman Grateful for Life”
- “A woman attacked by a bear is grateful for being attacked” or “A woman attacked by a bear is grateful that she managed to survive the attack.”
- “A woman attacked by a bear is grateful for being attacked” or “A woman who was feeling grateful about something unrelated was attacked by a bear.”
- “A woman who survived a bear attack is grateful to be alive” or “A woman attacked by a bear is grateful that she managed to survive the attack.”
- “A woman attacked by a bear is grateful that she managed to survive the attack” or “A bear that attacked a woman is grateful he didn’t kill her.”
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