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(1) Pat didn't know a guest at the party.
(1) ''Pat didn't know a guest at the party.''


Type of ambiguity:  
Type of ambiguity:  

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Each of the following sentences is ambiguous.

  1. Determine the type of the ambiguity and
  2. determine which element in the sentence causes the ambiguity.

Choose the right option and follow the link.


(1) Pat didn't know a guest at the party.

Type of ambiguity:

(a) lexical
(b) structural
(c) scope
(d) collective-distributive

Responsible element(s):

(a) the word know
(b) the negation and the indefinite
(c) the preposition at


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