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.
John Adams