ambiguous sentence example

[Joel S. Berson]

At 12/8/2009 12:07 PM, Scot LaFaive wrote:
>Eating little children? I guess not everything Rush says is wrong... :p

Or Jonathan Swift.

Thanks for the laugh to Neal, Hope, and Hope's anonymous friend.

Joel


>On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Neal Whitman <nwhitman at ameritech.net>wrote:
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> > Sent to the "teachling" email list from the teaching assistant coordinator
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Hope C Dawson" <hdawson at ling.ohio-state.edu>
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 12:20 AM
> > Subject: [Teachling] ambiguous sentence example
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> >
> > > Here's a fun structurally ambiguous sentence found in the wild:
> > >
> > > "Robinson, who coaches the Oregon State Beavers, was cheered on by the
> > > President, who snacked on popcorn, the First Lady, Sasha, Malia and the
> > > girls' grandmother Marian Robinson."
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> > >
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> http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/11/28/pres-obama-cheers-on-brother-in-law-at-basketball-game/
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> > > (Credit goes to a friend who found it.)
> > >
> > > Hope
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