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Huong Ho Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Please help me with this question.

Here are some ambiguous sentences. For each one, paraphrase it in two different ways to bring out the two meanings.
1) I don’t like hot chili and curry.
I don’t like (hot chilli) and curry./ I don’t like hot ( chilli and curry).
2) I love sitting in-laws.
( sitting is a verb and sitting is an adj)
3) Popeye loved Olive more than Pluto.
Popeye loved Olive more than Pluto loved Olive./ Poleye loved Olive more than he loved Pluto.
4) I decided on the truck.
On the truck, I made decision./ I decided which truck to choose.
5)They found the treasure under the stairs.
They found under the stairs and saw the treasure./ They found that the treasure was under the stairs.
6)The young ones are ready to eat.
The young ones are ready for us to eat./ The young ones are going to eat something.
7) Smoking grass can be nauseating.
Putting grass in a pipe and smoking it can make you sick./Fumes from smouldering grass can make you sick.

8) Terry loves his wife and so do I.
Terry loves his wife and I love my wife./ Terry loves his wife and I love his wife.
9) They said that she would go yesterday.
Yesterday, they said that she would go./ They said that (she would go yesterday).
10) The parents of the bride and groom were waiting.
(The parents of the bride) and groom were waiting./ The parents of (the bride and groom) were waiting.
11) Flying planes can be dangerous.
(Flying is an verb and flying is an adj).
(I can’t find two meanings of below sentences)
12) I can not recommend him to highly.
13)The professor’s appointment was shocking.
14) The mayor is a dirty street fighter.
15) Could his be the invisible man’s hair tonic?
16) An American history teacher.
  

Top answer

5)They found the treasure under the stairs. / They found that the treasure was under the stairs. - Does that correction help ?

  • 5)They found the treasure under the stairs.
  • / They found that the treasure was under the stairs.
  • - Does that correction help ?
  • - 2 kinds of 'appointment'.
  • 14) The mayor is a dirty street fighter.
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5)They found the treasure under the stairs.
They were under the stairs and discovered the location of the treasure elsewhere./ They found that the treasure was under the stairs.

12) I can not recommend him too highly.- Does that correction help?
13)The professor’s appointment was shocking.- 2 kinds of 'appointment'.
14) The mayor is a dirty street f
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I got it. Thank you so much, Mister Micawber! Emotion: smile

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