Associations to the word «Amphiboly»

Wiktionary

AMPHIBOLY, noun. (grammar) An ambiguous grammatical construction.

Dictionary definition

AMPHIBOLY, noun. An ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., `they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky