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  {a) What is an ambiguous word?
  { a) What is an ambiguous word?
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  {b) What is the technical term for words that have more than one meaning?
  { b) 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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|| *Bank as financial institution: "There is no financial institution in this town."
|| *Bank as financial institution: "There is no financial institution in this town."


{d) Think of three sentences in which the word “hot” has different meanings.
{ d) Think of three sentences in which the word “hot” has different meanings.
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1 General definition of ambiguity

{ a) What is an ambiguous word?
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scope ambiguity

2 c) Which word is the ambiguous word in the sentence?

#I bought it without any further inquiry.

#There is no bank in this town.

3 d) Think of three sentences in which the word “hot” has different meanings.

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