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Part II: Find the ambiguity. For each sentence below, give the two possible meanings the
sentence could hold
Example: Pat likes English poems and novels.
Reading 1: Pat likes poems in English and novels.
Reading 2: Pat likes English poems and English novels.
a. The police stopped the man with a gun.
Reading 1:the man with a gun was stopped by the police.
Reading 2:1 I
b. Chris answered the question wisely.
Reading 1:
Reading 2:
c. They decided on the boat.
Reading 1:
Reading 2:
d. Who did Alex want to leave?
Reading 1:
Reading 2:

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The man with the gun was stopped by the police / the police used a gun to stop the man

Chris answered the question with a wise answer / it was wise of Chris to answer the question

They made a decision on a boat / the decision was the boat

Alex either wanted someone to leave or he wanted to leave someone.

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