Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Ambiguous Sentences


1.     1.   "Did you see the girl with the telescope?"

The two possible interpretations are as follows:

 "Did you see the girl who is holding the telescope?"

      "Did you see the girl by using the telescope?"

2.      2.  The lady hit the man with an umbrella. (Is the lady using an umbrella to hit or is she hitting a man who is carrying an umbrella?)

3.       3. He gave her cat food. (Is he giving cat food to her or is he giving her cat some food?)

4.      4.  They are looking for teachers of French, German and Japanese. (Are they looking for teachers who can each teach one language or all three languages?)

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