Ambiguous usage of 'Qualify'
Please help, we are having a big debate here! We have two interpretations for the meaning of a sentence.
"We are now offering merit-based scholarships in which all students admitted for the fall '18 semester qualify."
Would you read this as:
"All students who are admitted qualify (are definitely entitled to) a merit-based scholarship"
OR do you think it is more like:
"All students who are admitted qualify for a scholarship, if they meet merit-based criteria"
Top answer
The second version is the most likely intention, but those are not well-written sentences. I'd write it this way. We are now offering merit-based scholarships.
- The second version is the most likely intention, but those are not well-written sentences.
- I'd write it this way.
- We are now offering merit-based scholarships.
- All students admitted for the fall '18 semester are eligible to apply.
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The second version is the most likely intention, but those are not well-written sentences.
I'd write it this way.
We are now offering merit-based scholarships. All students admitted for the fall '18 semester are eligible to apply.
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