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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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help: ambiguous sentences

01.John is easy to please02br
002.Johnson and Tom went to New York last month02br
003.John doesn't beat his wife because he loves her.02br
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00All sentences above are ambiguous yet I can't explain.02br
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00thanks for your help0-
  

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01. 02br 02br 002. 02br 02br 003.

— Nona the brit

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  • 02br 02br 002.
  • 02br 02br 003.
  • This is ambiguous.
  • It could mean either02br 02br 00John doesn't beat his wife (because he loves her)02br 02br 00or02br 02br 00John does beat his wife.
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01. I don't see how this is ambiguous.02br
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002. I don't see how this is ambiguous.02br
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003. This is ambiguous. It could mean either02br
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00John doesn't beat his wife (because he loves her)02br
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00or02br
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00John does beat his wife. Not because he loves her, but for another rea
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0 However, you can eliminate the ambiguity in 3 by using a comma:02br
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01i003. John doesn't beat his wife, because he loves her.02br
02i00(this way, he doesn't beat her at all)01i02br
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10However, you can eliminate the ambiguity in 3 by using a comma:12br
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11i103. John doesn't beat his wife, because he loves her.12br
12i10(this way, he doesn't beat her at all)12br
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11i00John doesn't be
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