Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short.Explain what causes ambiguity in the sentence The fish is ready to eat.
Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short.Explain what causes ambiguity in the sentence The fish is ready to eat.
【正确答案】:

GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURE LEADS TO AMBIGUITY. ON A GRAMMATICAL BASIS, THE SENTENCE HAS TWO DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS. IT MAY MEAN "THE FISH IS COOKED OR SERVED, SO READY FOR PEOPLE TO EAT" OR "THE FISH IS READY TO EAT THINGS."


【题目解析】:本题考查语法结构导致的歧义现象。语法结构会导致歧义。比如:The fish is ready to eat.这句话,从语法上讲,这个句子有两种不同的解释。1.鱼煮好了或上桌了,人可以吃了。2.鱼准备好吃鱼食了。如果有了语境,What a nice smell! The fish is ready to eat.那么就一定是,鱼做好了,可以吃了。
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