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- From: roger@quantime.co.uk (Roger Phillips)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Re: Clinton Gets Earful at Open House
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.193030.4136@quantime.co.uk>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 19:30:30 GMT
- References: <1993Jan22.163731.15843@PacBell.COM> <1993Jan22.200150.16444@netcom.com> <1993Jan23.022927.19541@reed.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan23.022927.19541@reed.edu>,
- nelson@reed.edu (Nelson Minar) writes:
- > >>"And I wanted to call my parents. But they aren't talking to me for
- > >>the last 11 years because I'm a lesbian. I hope your Administration
- > >>will change that."
- > ...
- > It's obvious - she wants Clinton to cure her.
- >
- > At least, that's the way I read it the first time. What's the
- > technical term for this sort of sentence problem?
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- Roger Phillips roger@quantime.co.uk
- "*amphibology* n. a phrase or sentence ambiguous not in its
- individual words but in its construction"
- -- Chambers English Dictionary (1988)
-