New posts in ambiguity

Syntactical ambiguity in introductory phrase reference: reference to main verb vs. object

prepositions verb-agreement ambiguity relative-clauses prepositional-phrases

When is "between" inclusive and when exclusive?

meaning prepositions meaning-in-context ambiguity range-inclusion

What do you call a word that has multiple senses or parts of speech in one sentence?

meaning terminology ambiguity parts-of-speech polysemes

Is "in [some period]" different from "within [some period]"?

prepositions ambiguity time dates

"the same" and "that particular one"

adjectives ambiguity

Ambiguity of “not.... because”

ambiguity

Etymology of "nick" in, in the nick of time?

etymology idioms british-english ambiguity

Interpreting the meaning of 'but' as an implication for exclusion/inclusion

meaning conjunctions ambiguity

What is the name of the ambiguity in the phrase "I want to visit clubs with attractive women"?

ambiguity prepositional-phrases attachment-ambiguity

Does a "fact" have to be true?

meaning ambiguity

What is the difference between "archetype" and "prototype"?

word-choice differences ambiguity

Does "pass" mean OK or not OK? [closed]

meaning meaning-in-context ambiguity

Can 'An ass that won't quit' connote stubbornness?

etymology slang ambiguity puns

"It's all downhill from here"—meaning and etymology

meaning etymology phrases expressions ambiguity

How many people are in the sentence "My friend, John, and I went shopping"?

punctuation commas ambiguity

'A pair of shoes is/are odd.' Is there a name for this double meaning regarding singularity/plurality?

grammatical-number ambiguity

"All green apples but 1" or "All but 1 green apples"

meaning grammar meaning-in-context ambiguity quantifiers

The Preposition "Between" in a long sentence

grammar prepositions american-english ambiguity among-between

Is there a name for this ambiguity problem or for the construction that solves it?

conjunctions ambiguity conjunction-reduction attachment-ambiguity

Ambiguity in Negation: "John did not come because of the rain"

ambiguity negation logic