Ambiguous Claims Quiz

Ambiguous Claims Quiz I
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Identify the ambiguity in these examples.

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"A claim whose ambiguity is due to the ambiguity of a particular word or phrase." B) Semantic ambiguity.

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"A claim whose ambiguity is due to a problem with its structure." B) Syntactic ambiguity.

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"A claim whose ambiguity rests on a confusion between a collection of entities or individual entities." A) Grouping ambiguity.

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This morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. B) Syntactic Ambiguity

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Hands were around before forks were. A) Semantic Ambiguity B) Syntactic Ambiguity C) Grouping Ambiguity D) No ambiguity

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Our mothers bore us. A) Semantic Ambiguity B) Syntactic Ambiguity C) Grouping Ambiguity D) No ambiguity

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I thought your driveway was longer than it is. A) Semantic Ambiguity B) Syntactic Ambiguity C) Grouping Ambiguity D) No ambiguity

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Newspaper headline: Unskilled Workers Get Shot at Jobs. A) Semantic Ambiguity B) Syntactic Ambiguity C) Grouping Ambiguity D) No ambiguity

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Americans have shown themselves willing to drop nuclear weapons. A) Semantic Ambiguity B) Syntactic Ambiguity C) Grouping Ambiguity D) No ambiguity

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Dad, for my lunch tomorrow you should peel the star fruit and then cut it into pieces and put them in a plastic bag. It's easier that way. A) Semantic Ambiguity B) Syntactic Ambiguity C) Grouping Ambiguity D) No ambiguity

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Sign in front of a vacant lot: "Fine for Littering". A) Semantic Ambiguity B) Syntactic Ambiguity C) Grouping Ambiguity D) No