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Ambiguous Claims Quiz I
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Identify the ambiguity in these examples.

1
"A claim whose ambiguity is due to the ambiguity of a particular word or phrase."
A)Grouping ambiguity
B)Semantic ambiguity.
C)Syntactic ambiguity.
D)No ambiguity
2
"A claim whose ambiguity is due to a problem with its structure."
A)Semantic ambiguity.
B)Syntactic ambiguity.
C)Grouping ambiguity.
D)No ambiguity
3
"A claim whose ambiguity rests on a confusion between a collection of entities or individual entities."
A)Grouping ambiguity.
B)Semantic ambiguity.
C)Syntactic ambiguity.
D)No ambiguity
4
This morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas.
A)Semantic Ambiguity
B)Syntactic Ambiguity
C)Grouping Ambiguity
D)No ambiguity
5
Hands were around before forks were.
A)Semantic Ambiguity
B)Syntactic Ambiguity
C)Grouping Ambiguity
D)No ambiguity
6
Our mothers bore us.
A)Semantic Ambiguity
B)Syntactic Ambiguity
C)Grouping Ambiguity
D)No ambiguity
7
I thought your driveway was longer than it is.
A)Semantic Ambiguity
B)Syntactic Ambiguity
C)Grouping Ambiguity
D)No ambiguity
8
Newspaper headline: Unskilled Workers Get Shot at Jobs.
A)Semantic Ambiguity
B)Syntactic Ambiguity
C)Grouping Ambiguity
D)No ambiguity
9
Americans have shown themselves willing to drop nuclear weapons.
A)Semantic Ambiguity
B)Syntactic Ambiguity
C)Grouping Ambiguity
D)No ambiguity
10
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
11
Sign in front of a vacant lot: "Fine for Littering".
A)Semantic Ambiguity
B)Syntactic Ambiguity
C)Grouping Ambiguity
D)No ambiguity







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