Group1-Ex2-b-Solutions

We need more intelligent administrators.

Here we have a case of structural ambiguity, i.e. the ambiguity arises on the sentence level.
There are two different ways how this sentence can be read:

Possibility 1:
We have enough administrators, but they are not bright enough and need to become more intelligent.

Here, more is used as a comparative particle. So, more intelligent forms one constituent.

Possibility 2:
We do not have enough administrators and need more administrators who are intelligent.

In this case, more is used as a determiner. Thus, it combines with the phrase intelligent administrators.

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