Comments on: Dog bites Man (1) http://varnam.org/blog/2008/02/dog_bites_man_1/ History, Current Affairs & Books Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:39:01 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Hammy http://varnam.org/blog/2008/02/dog_bites_man_1/comment-page-1/#comment-2710 Hammy Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:59:07 +0000 http://varnam.org/blog/?p=1400#comment-2710 The heading of your blog reminded me of a famous example on ambiguity... Reputedly a true newspaper headline, it went... POLICE HELPS DOG BITE VICTIM... I loved the example. Sure, if you used your brain, you'd understand that it says police were helping the victim of a dog bite. But the ambiguity part shines through - The police helped a dog in biting someone... :) The heading of your blog reminded me of a famous example on ambiguity…

Reputedly a true newspaper headline, it went…

POLICE HELPS DOG BITE VICTIM…

I loved the example. Sure, if you used your brain, you’d understand that it says police were helping the victim of a dog bite.

But the ambiguity part shines through – The police helped a dog in biting someone…

:)

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