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Ambiguity

1. Doris likes English poems and novels.


2. She bought a French lace dress.
3. Working men and women are entitled to paid leave for medical reasons
and holidays.
4. The constable saw the last doll with a magnifying glass.
5. The CEO summoned all the managers from Norway.
6. I know who you want to leave quietly.
7. Police help dog bite victim
8. Visiting uncles can be quite entertaining.
9. The fish is ready to eat.
10. They are encouraging supplementary observations.
11. He looked over my head.
12. He said he was coming today.
13. She painted the old house with roses in the corner.

Establish the pattern of these sentences in terms of clause elements:

1. Calling him a liar to his face shows him that at least we can confront
him.
2. Having said that, his clumsiness does show even if just a little.
3. Most weekends I am away with business.
4. When I have enough free time to roam about the village, I become a
different person.
5. When I have free time I like to read.
6. If you add some salt to the batter you will find the vanilla flavour and
the strong taste from the malt syrup quite sharp but the cake quite
convincingly sweet.
7. The butcher can mince the big cuts from the lamb’s shoulder for you
for free.
8. At night my eyes hurt if I try to turn on the big lights in the living-
room.
9. Any solution that involves returning the damaged goods looks sensible
to me.
10. After the storm the boat finally got to Buenos Aires and back in the
radar range.
11. I hear that you’ve given up on that dreadful friend of yours.
12. The first time the assistant put a greenish liquid on the metallic stain
to test it for silver.

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