Sentence Ambiguity
Sentence ambiguity occurs when a sentence can be interpreted in more than one way. This may be due to structure, wording, or punctuation.
Types of ambiguity include lexical ambiguity (word meaning) and structural ambiguity (sentence structure).
Question 1 / 100%
1.
Why is 'Flying planes can be dangerous' ambiguous?
2.
Which sentence correctly disambiguates 'Visiting relatives can be boring'?
3.
Fix the ambiguity: 'I know more beautiful girls than John.'
4.
Which sentence has structural ambiguity?
5.
Which part of speech can cause ambiguity?
6.
Which sentence is **not** ambiguous?
7.
'I saw her duck' is ambiguous because the word 'duck' can be read as two different parts of speech. What causes this ambiguity?
8.
What is ambiguity?
9.
Which sentence is ambiguous?
10.
Ambiguity is usually resolved by: