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in the following sentance who is champion

my son is great,reveals Mr john, father of Mr wright,the golf champion.

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I suspect that you should probably have posted this in the "Puzzles, riddles and word games" forum, but, just in case you're serious .... The normal interpretation would be that the fragment "Mr Wright, the golf champion" is a noun phrase consisting of two nouns-in-apposition, in which case the champion is Mr Wright. However, the normal interpretation is not the only possible interpretation.

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  • I suspect that you should probably have posted this in the "Puzzles, riddles and word games" forum, but, just in case you're serious ....
  • The normal interpretation would be that the fragment "Mr Wright, the golf champion" is a noun phrase consisting of two nouns-in-apposition, in which case the champion is Mr Wright.
  • However, the normal interpretation is not the only possible interpretation.
  • It is possible (though not EQUALLY possible) that "Mr John, father of Mr Wright, the golf champion" is a phrase containing three nouns-in-apposition, in which case Mr John would be the champion.
  • If your aim is to successfully communicate, then whenever such an ambiguity exists in a sentence, it is a very good idea simply to reword it to avoid the ambiguity.
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I suspect that you should probably have posted this in the "Puzzles, riddles and word games" forum, but, just in case you're serious ....

The normal interpretation would be that the fragment "Mr Wright, the golf champion" is a noun phrase consisting of two nouns-in-apposition, in which case the champion is Mr Wright. However, the normal interpretation is not the only possible interpreta
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