RE: ambiugous sentences

Subject: RE: ambiugous sentences
From: "Erb, Isis" <isis -dot- erb -at- ipc -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 12:42:10 -0400


<snip>
I don't see ambiguity in "The horse run past the barn fell."

The horse (that was run past the barn) fell.
<snip>

I do see this as being ambiguous, as I read it to mean:

The horse run (located past the barn) fell. In other words, a structure used
to exercise horses, has fallen.

Isis Erb
IPC Information Systems

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