Question

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:

Answer 1

This response provides the two possible meanings that each sentence in a set can hold.

Step-by-step explanation:

For each sentence, I will provide the two possible meanings that the sentence could hold.

a. The police stopped the man with a gun.

Reading 1: The man with a gun was stopped by the police.

Reading 2: The police stopped the man who had a gun.

b. Chris answered the question wisely.

Reading 1: Chris answered the question in a wise manner.

Reading 2: Chris answered the question that was wisely asked.

c. They decided on the boat.

Reading 1: They decided while they were on the boat.

Reading 2: They made a decision and chose the boat.

d. Who did Alex want to leave?

Reading 1: Alex wanted someone to leave.

Reading 2: Alex wanted to leave.

Answer 2

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.