The phrase "ambiguous sentence" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a sentence that has multiple interpretations or meanings, leading to confusion.
Example: "The phrase 'I saw the man with the telescope' is an ambiguous sentence because it is unclear whether I used the telescope to see the man or if the man had the telescope."
Alternatives: "unclear statement" or "vague sentence".
In diagnosing the ambiguity, Albert recognises that (S) implies a simpler, equally ambiguous sentence, which we might formulate as follows: (SP) Socrates did not twice see Plato.
Thus, our best theory may determine an ambiguity that is never actually expressed by a sincere utterance of the ambiguous sentence.
Under such circumstances, "an ambiguous sentence is a triumph," Mr. Nadas noted.
If you're a member of the crew team, you're far more likely to select "row" instead of "roe" from an ambiguous sentence.
This article was amended on 1 January 2013, rewording a previously ambiguous sentence that could have been taken to imply that rickets and scurvy were communicable diseases.
But, on Monday, that plan amounted to a single, ambiguous sentence from the White House: "The administration continues to monitor the situation of the G.S.E.'s closely and will continue to provide updates on considerations for longer-term reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as appropriate".
He also took brain scans of healthy physicians, who were presented with the ambiguous sentences while under general anesthesia.
When you play ambiguous sentences, areas in the inferior frontal lobe and in the posterior temporal lobe become activated, and these areas are very important for speech comprehension.
A good reader may be good at following the leaps and bounds of your thinking but is also, always, reading literally, alive to the misdirection of ambiguous sentences.
In the study, participants either with or without depression were shown a series of ambiguous sentences on a computer screen (for example, "you get a new job").
Your brain somehow appreciates that there are two meanings to a word like 'shell.' " Owen eventually identified two vegetative patients whose brains showed the same activity in response to ambiguous sentences as the brains of healthy volunteers.
