ambiguous sentence example

[Laurence Horn]

At 11:07 AM -0600 12/8/09, Scot LaFaive wrote:
>Eating little children? I guess not everything Rush says is wrong... :p

Come on, give the guy a break.  He was just snacking on them.

LH

>On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Neal Whitman <nwhitman at ameritech.net>wrote:
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>>  From: "Hope C Dawson" <hdawson at ling.ohio-state.edu>
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>>  Subject: [Teachling] ambiguous sentence example
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>>  > Here's a fun structurally ambiguous sentence found in the wild:
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>>  > "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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>>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.)
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>>  > Hope
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