RE: ambiugous sentences

Subject: RE: ambiugous sentences
From: "Andrew Dugas" <dugas -at- intalio -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 09:53:39 -0700


Maybe a dog run, but a horse run?

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> [mailto:bounce-techwr-l-88324 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com]On Behalf Of Erb, Isis
> Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 9:42 AM
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> Subject: RE: ambiugous sentences
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> <snip>
> I don't see ambiguity in "The horse run past the barn fell."
>
> The horse (that was run past the barn) fell.
> <snip>
>
> I do see this as being ambiguous, as I read it to mean:
>
> The horse run (located past the barn) fell. In other words, a
> structure used
> to exercise horses, has fallen.
>
> Isis Erb
> IPC Information Systems


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