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
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry
and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.