"That's a great deal to make one word mean," Alice said in a thoughtful tone. "When I make a word do a lot of work like that," said Humpty Dumpty, "I always pay it extra."

Tuesday 9 November 2010

Amphibology

   
Amphibology - or amphiboly - is an ambiguous grammatical construction; an ambiguity arising from the uncertain construction of a sentence.

2 comments:

  1. Wouldn't have guessed. My mind jumped to the conclusion that since it was you who posted it, it would turn out to have something to do with frogs (amphibians)!

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  2. There really is a word for everything, isn't there?

    This is fascinating!

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