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Yang5s1 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Ambiguous sentences
A sentence is said to be ambiguous if it has more than one meaning. Which of the following sentences are ambiguous?
I)The woman hit the man with a hammer.
II)Visiting relatives can be boring.
III)The Tibetan history teacher died of lung cancer.
IV)He feeds her cat biscuits.
A.(I),(II) and (III)
B.(II),(III) and (IV)
C.(I),(II),(III) amd (IV)
D.(I),(II) and (IV)
Is "D" the correct answer?
I)The woman hit the man with a hammer.
II)Visiting relatives can be boring.
III)The Tibetan history teacher died of lung cancer.
IV)He feeds her cat biscuits.
A.(I),(II) and (III)
B.(II),(III) and (IV)
C.(I),(II),(III) amd (IV)
D.(I),(II) and (IV)
Is "D" the correct answer?
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yang5s1Is "D" the correct answer?I think it's C.
III seems ambiguous to me between a teacher of the history of Tibet and a teacher of (general) history who is ethnically Tibetan.
CJ
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Old thread, but there seems to remain some doubt.
yang5s1I)The woman hit the man with a hammer.
Either the woman had a hammer and hit the man with it, or the man had the hammer, and the woman hit him. This one is a bit of a stretch because "a hammer" is not as natural as one might hope.
yang5s1II)Visiting relatives can be b
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