Exercise General definition of ambiguity: Difference between revisions
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{ a) What is an ambiguous word? | { a) What is an ambiguous word? | ||
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- a word with only one meaning | - a word with only one meaning | ||
|| Sorry, the answer is not correct. | || Sorry, the answer is not correct. | ||
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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 | ||
|| Sorry, the answer is not correct. | || Sorry, the answer is not correct. | ||
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{ c) Which word is the ambiguous word in the sentence? | { c) Which word is the ambiguous word in the sentence? | ||
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#I bought it without any further inquiry. { bought (i) } | #I bought it without any further inquiry. { bought (i) } | ||
|| '''Bought''' can be read in at least the two following ways: <br/> | || '''Bought''' can be read in at least the two following ways: <br/> | ||
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{ 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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+ Done | + Done | ||
|| 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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