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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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English sentence conundrum help.

0I received an email many years ago which contained a list of sentences which were a type of conundrum, whereas the sentences could mean two completely different things depending on how the reader was perceiving what had been written.02br
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00The first meaning would be obvious, and the idea was to try and get your head round another why of reading the sentence so that it meant something completely different.02br
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00I have been trying to think of an example, but can't.02br
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00Quite vague, I know, but I can't think of any other way to describe hwat it is I mean.02br
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00Any ideas?0-
  

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0 Do you mean sentences like this classic?02br
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00We saw her duck.02br
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001. She ducked, and we saw it.02br
002. She has a duck, and we saw (=perceived with eyes) it.02br
003. She has a duck, and we saw (=apply a saw to) it.02br
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00Or:02br
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0"01i00I know Diddley.02i00" vs "I know diddley." (?)02br
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00When spoken this could mean "I know someone whose last name is Diddley." - OR - "I don't know anything."02br
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00I guess this is probably not exactly what you mean since the difference would be clear in written English. 0-
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