Determine the type of ambiguity
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Each of the following sentences is ambiguous.
- Determine the type of the ambiguity and
- 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) collective-distributive
Responsible elements: (a) the word know (b) the negation and the indefinite (c) the preposition at