Question

1. "Please tell the chef that this stcak is too rare and it needs to be cooked for a bit longer

says a customer.
2. “Many politicians are committed to the people who clected them," says a news reporter.
3. "Only tall students are allowed to play basketball," says a teacher.
4. "The Prime Minister wins on financial budget, but more lics ahead." say a newspaper
headline.
5. "The four suspects ran away from the scene of crash before the police arrival in a blue
Tesla Model Y driven by a Chinese woman," says a newspaper headline.
6. "Peter's stolen wallet was found by the General Office," says a teacher.
7. "Solar power is environmentally safer because it does not increase atmospheric carbon,"
says an environmentalist.
8. "The discase of Alzheimer is common in our society: Qucen Elizabeth and Prince Philip
are not common; therefore, they do not have such a disease," says a doctor.
9. "Aurora often attend religious services; therefore, she must be religious," says Philip.
10. "According to this article, people should be allowed to do same sex marriage," says a
professor.
Sample
Statement:
The President of the United States has cancelled a trip to Beijing to attend a trade talk.
Answer:
Type of misuse:
Syntactic ambiguity (0.5%)
Explanation:
We are not sure whether the purpose of the cancelled trip was to attend a trade talk or
whether the trip was cancelled so that the President of the United States could attend a
trade talk (elsewhere than Beijing). (0.5%)​

Answer 1

1. Imprecise. The chef will not know how long he has to cook.

2. Vagueness. We are not sure how many politician exactly.

3. Incomplete meaning. We just know tall students are allowed to play basketball, but there are no further explanations.

4. Vagueness. We are not sure how many lies do the Prime Minister say.

5. Lexical ambiguity. The word "suspects" have two meanings in this sentence. The first one is a person thought to be guilty of a crime or offence. The second is a person who commits robbery.

6. Syntactic abiguilty. We are not sure whether peter's wallet was stolen by General Office or was found by General Office.

7. I am not sure with this question.

8. Equivocation. Common has been used for two times but with different meanings.

9. I am not sure with this question.

10. Referential ambiguity. We are not sure which article exactly. They should provide the name of the article

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