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.