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Discover LudwigThe phrase "garden path" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is often used to represent a sentence or phrase that initially seems to have one meaning, but upon further reading or analysis, is revealed to have a different or unexpected meaning. Example: "The newspaper headline, 'Police Chase Ends in Flames,' was a garden path that led readers to believe a high-speed pursuit had resulted in a fiery crash, but upon reading the article, it was revealed that the officers were chasing a suspect who was carrying a flamethrower."
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garden path
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Garden path sentence.
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Wilder Quarterly's Abbye Churchill takes T down the garden path.
(Doughty complained he had been "led up the garden path").
The comedian/writer leads their audience along the garden path.
Wearable gadgetries lead you down the digital garden path.
"How it leads us up the garden path.
They have also exposed more of Richard Herrick's garden path.
This isn't an ordinary garden path -- it's a boulevard.
"But I'm not chasing Eric down the garden path".
"We feel we were led down the garden path.
Talk about leading us up the garden path.
Handing control over to those who run them might be the best garden path to growth.
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