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English Oddities (Ambiguity (Syntactic (Examples (Look at the dog with one…

- - - - Look at the dog with one eye.
      - They are cooking apples.
      - The chicken is ready to eat.
      - "I'm hungry." "Oh really? I thought you were John. Well nice to meet you Hungry!"
      - I saw the man on the hill with a telescope.
      - "Call me a cab!" "Okay, you're a cab!"
      - Visiting relatives can be boring.
      - A lady stopped me and said "Can you spare a few minutes for cancer research?" I said "Sure, but we probably wont get much done!" - Jimmy Carr
      - He fed her cat food.
      - I saw her in the street
      - They are watching dogs.
      - He loves the dog more than his wife
  - - - We saw her duck.
      - "'Do you believe [clubs are good] for young people?' someone asked W.C. Fields. 'Only when kindness fails,' replied Fields."
        (Quoted by Graeme Ritchie in The Linguistic Analysis of Jokes. Routledge, 2004)
      - The fisherman went to the bank
      - She's looking for a match.
      - The peasants are revolting.
      - Toilet Out of Order. Please Use Floor Below.