Some of the following are ambiguous and some are unambiguous. Mark the ambiguous ones A (ambiguous) and the other U (unambiguous). Explain the two meanings of those that are ambiguous: Ex: 1. He drove up in a car with a souped-up motor that he had recently bought.
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all the essays having been written, / the teacher sent the class home
always / examine the evidence carefully
at one point south of the river / the enemy have advanced a mile or two
certainly / he will be here this afternoon
considering his abilities, / he should have done better
gained entry into the building / by means of a bribe to the guard
having been beaten once, / the boy didn’t want to go out alone
in spite of his popularity, / he cannot be called a great writer
John / went to the library every night last week
naturally, / we paid for our own meals
roughly speaking, / the motorbike cost about 2,000 dollars
secretly / burned the letters from his lover in the fireplace last night
slowly / walked down the street with his son
sometimes / he walks down the road near the farm with his children
sprayed tear gas indiscriminately / on the protesters
strictly speaking, / nobody is allowed in here
suddenly / we met a beautiful girl on the way to the village
the belief that the sun goes round the earth / is false
the boy standing in the corner / is Mary’s brother
the only thing we can do / is write to him
the whole morning / he was working with his shears in the garden
turning toward the class, / the teacher asked for silence
very frankly, / I am very tired after the trip
working with his shears in the garden / the whole morning
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1 Some of the following are ambiguous and some are unambiguous Mark the ambiguous ones A (ambiguous) and the other U (unambiguous) Explain the two meanings of those that are ambiguous:
Trang 2Ex: 1 He drove up in a car with a souped-up motor that he had recently bought.
[A], it may mean that he had recently bought either the car or the motor
2 He buried the knife he found in the cellar
3 I looked at the letter John was reading with unfeigned astonishment
4 He put away the ball in his pocket
5 He put the balls in his pocket away
6 We watched them march away proudly
7 We proudly watched them march away
8 The women with the children who were complaining were told to move along
9 The men with the dogs that were barking were told to move along
10 Nobody discovered the books that he had stolen that morning
11 She decided to send the sheets to the cleaners that were dirty
12 He lived on a street near the post office which was always full of people
13 Cows that eat cornflakes frequently have stomach trouble
14 Cows that eat cornflakes frequently rarely have stomach trouble
15 Cows that eat cornflakes never have stomach trouble
16 We were grateful for the blinds that covered the windows on sunny days
17 He couldn’t find the key to the jewel case which he had left on the table
18 We found the man who had lost his way in the mountains with the help of two Boy Scouts
19 We suddenly noticed a man in a space suit which should have been sent to the cleaners
20 The police have trouble with the people who occupy these cottages all the time
21 Children who stay out all night sometimes should be punished
22 Children who stay out all night should seldom be punished
23 She spoke to the boy with a warm smile
24 She spoke to the boy with the warm smile
25 She spoke to the boy with the warm smile that she reserved for children
2 He buried the knife he found in the cellar
(A) - "in the cellar" could tell us either where he found the knife or where he buried it
3 I looked at the letter John was reading with unfeigned astonishment
Trang 3(A) - who was with unfeigned astonishment? (while John was reading the letter or when I looked at
it ?)
4 He put away the ball in his pocket
(A) - "in his pocket'' could either show the way he put away the ball (when he was tired of playing with it) or tell us where the ball is
5 He put the balls in his pocket away
(U) - "in his pocket" identifies the place where the balls are
6 We watched them march away proudly
(U) - “Proudly" modifies "march away"
7 We proudly watched them march away
(U) - “Proudly" modifies "watched"
8 The women with the children who were complaining were told to move along
(A) - who was complaining? (The women or the children)
9 The men with the dogs that were barking were told to move along
(U) - The dogs were barking, not the men
10 Nobody discovered the books that he had stolen that morning
(A) - we are not sure that which verb or the whole sentence "that morning" modifies
11 She decided to send the sheets to the cleaners that were dirty
(A) - "that was dirty " could refer to either "the sheets" or " the cleaners"
12 He lived on a street near the post office which was always full of people
(A) - we don't know for sure which "was always full of people", a street near the post office or the post office itself
13 Cows that eat cornflakes frequently have stomach trouble
(U) - "frequently" modifies "have"
14 Cows that eat cornflakes frequently rarely have stomach trouble
(A) - " frequently" or " rarely" could modify both "have" and "eat" ( Cows that frequently/rarely eat cornflakes rarely/frequently have stomach trouble /
15 Cows that eat cornflakes never have stomach trouble
(U) - "never" modifies "have"
16 We were grateful for the blinds that covered the windows on sunny days
(U) - the blinds in the sentence mean a kind of curtain, not blind people (the blind)
Trang 417 He couldn’t find the key to the jewel case which he had left on the table.
(A) - which had he left on the table, the key or the jewel case?
18 We found the man who had lost his way in the mountains with the help of two Boy Scouts (U) - “with the help of two Boy Scouts” modifies the verb" found"
19 We suddenly noticed a man in a spacesuit which should have been sent to the cleaners (U) - “which should have been sent to the cleaners" defines "a spacesuit"
20 The police have trouble with the people who occupy these cottages all the time
(U) - "who occupy these cottages all the time" defines "the people"
21 Children who stay out all night sometimes should be punished
(A) - "sometimes" could either modify " should be punished" or " stay out"
22 Children who stay out all night should seldom be punished
(U) - “Seldom” modifies "should be punished"
23 She spoke to the boy with a warm smile
(U) - “With a warm smile " modifies "spoke"
24 She spoke to the boy with a warm smile
(U) - “With a warm smile " modifies "spoke"
25 She spoke to the boy with the warm smile that she reserved for children
(U) - " That she reserved for children" modifies " the warm smile”
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