Re: ambiugous sentences

Subject: Re: ambiugous sentences
From: "Jo Francis Byrd" <jbyrd -at- byrdwrites -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 12:18:18 -0500


My puny brain didn't compute the sentence, "the horse run fast the barn
fell." Until people started explaining the parsing, it made NO sense to me
at all. So, how's THAT for ambiguity???!!! In any case, it's one of those
sentences that, even though grammatically correct, stops you in your tracks
when reading it.

Jo Byrd

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- editors-writers -dot- info>
Subject: Re: ambiugous sentences


But who would write about a location as "past" the <whatever>"? "Beyond",
perhaps, but "past"? LOL.



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References:
RE: ambiugous sentences: From: Erb, Isis
Re: ambiugous sentences: From: Bonnie Granat

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