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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Example of ambiguity

I shot the cat in a cargo container.

Is the prepositional phrase an adjuct modifying the verb 'shot' or Does it function as an adjective modifying the object 'cat' ?

Thank you very much indeed.

Your help is very much appreciated.
  

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English is ambiguous enough for either meaning to be possible. Common sense and context is needed to establish the exact meaning. CB

— Cool Breeze

  • English is ambiguous enough for either meaning to be possible.
  • Common sense and context is needed to establish the exact meaning.
  • CB
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English is ambiguous enough for either meaning to be possible. Common sense and context is needed to establish the exact meaning.

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