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Walk build 539 Posted 9 years ago
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How do you interpret this ambiguous sentence?

The girl was made a cake by the boy for her birthday.

How do you interpret this sentence?

1) The boy made a cake and it was for the girl's birthday.
2) The girl was turned into a cake thanks to the boy on her birthday.

  

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walk build 539 he girl was made a cake by the boy for her birthday. How do you interpret this sentence? 1) The boy made a cake and it was for the girl's birthday.

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  • walk build 539 he girl was made a cake by the boy for her birthday.
  • How do you interpret this sentence?
  • 1) The boy made a cake and it was for the girl's birthday.
  • walk build 539 2) The girl was turned into a cake thanks to the boy on her birthday.
  • That is just silly; the sentence is not at all ambiguous.
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walk build 539he girl was made a cake by the boy for her birthday. How do you interpret this sentence?

1) The boy made a cake and it was for the girl's birthday.

walk build 5392) The girl was turned into a cake thanks to the boy on her birthday.

That is just silly; the sentence is not at all ambiguous. It is just a

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walk build 5392) The girl was turned into a cake thanks to the boy on her birthday.

On the day of her birthday, the girl was magically transformed into a cake. The boy was a wizard and didn't like her.

She didn't last the day. What was left over was thrown away. Nobody likes to eat stale cake.

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