Tuần 5.

Identify the type of ambiguity and give two possible paraphrases to make the meaning
clear.
1. Lex. Am. => He is a pitiful / miserable student.
He is a student without money.
2. Struct. Am. => The guard became a drunkard (P. 5)
The guard forced the drunkard to leave. (P. 7)
3. Struct. Am. => I am getting the socks for her (P. 8)
I am getting the socks of hers (P. 7)
4. Struct. Am. => The man gave the books of the library (P. 7)
The man gave the books to the library (P. 8)
5. Struct. Am. => It was pretty pale (P. 1)
It was a small pie (P. 3)
6. Struct. Am. => On Wednesday, he accepted. (P. 6)
Wednesday was accepted. (P. 7)
7. Struct. Am. => Thorn himself taught during his young manhood. (P. 6)
Thorn studied by himself during his young manhood. (P. 7)
8. Struct. Am. => The doctor made those things perfectly (P. 7)
The doctor made the patients healthy (P. 9)
9. Struct. Am. => She taught the group who were singing. (P. 7)
She taught the group how to sing (P. 8)
10. Struct. Am. => Our spaniel was a good friend (P. 5)
Our spaniel found a good friend (P. 7)
11. Struct. Am. => The judges designated the female singer (P. 7)
The judges designated the girl to be winner. (P. 9)
12. Struct. Am. => Mary called Mary’s mother. (P. 7)
Mary considered her as mother (P. 9)
13. Struct. Am. => My father is a teacher of foreign languages.
My father is a foreign teacher of language.
14. Struct. Am. => My friend is an old enthusiast of cars.
My friend is an enthusiast of old cars.
15. Struct. Am. => Even the rabbit enjoys our lettuce
The rabbit enjoys our lettuce, too.
16. Struct. Am. => Only the members are allowed to buy beer.
The members are allowed to buy beer only.
17. Struct. Am. => I gave her an old bicycle for girls.
I gave her a bicycle for old girls.
18. Struct. Am. => At 10 o’clock, he promised to call me.
He promised that at 10 o’clock he would call me.
19. Struct. Am. => Paula is a female hunter.
Paula is a hunter of girls.
20. Struct. Am. => She is a sitter who is a baby.
She is the one that takes care of babies.
21. Lex. Am. => On HN station, I found a book.
I found a book about HN station.
22. Struct. Am. => The passengers who travel regularly enjoy a meal like this.
Passengers enjoy a meal like this every day.
23. Struct. Am. => I examined the errors (P. 7)
I thought that those are errors (P. 9)
24. Struct. Am. => It was a plot to sell to the ABC Co. industrial secrets that are worth
millions of dollars.
It was a plot to sell industrial secrets that cost the ABC company
millions of dollars.
25. Struct. Am. => He passed the hammer and the saw through the window.
He passed the hammer and then saw through the window.