Exercise General definition of ambiguity: Difference between revisions
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{ What is an ambiguous word? | { What is an ambiguous word? | ||
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- a word with only one meaning | - a word with only one meaning | ||
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{ What is the technical term for words that have more than one meaning? | { What is the technical term for words that have more than one meaning? | ||
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- scope ambiguity | - scope ambiguity | ||
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{ Think of three sentences in which the word “hot” has different meanings. | { Think of three sentences in which the word “hot” has different meanings. | ||
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|| The Oxford dictionary proposes the following six different solutions (according to the dictionary you used other solutions might be possible: | || The Oxford dictionary proposes the following six different solutions (according to the dictionary you used other solutions might be possible: | ||
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General definition of ambiguity