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Old 13-Nov-2009, 09:55
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Default Please help: Ambiguity
Please help me. My head is spinning today.

What is ambiguous with this sentence:

POLICE HUNT RECENTLY ESCAPED PRISONERS WITH DOGS.
My guess:
That the prisoners is recently escaped and that the police recently hunted them

Thanks
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Old 13-Nov-2009, 12:51
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Default Re: Please help: Ambiguity
Hello Brooke446

  1. POLICE HUNT RECENTLY ESCAPED PRISONERS
  • the prisoners have the dogs
  • the police have the dogs
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