Timeline for How to properly read sentences of the type: "a and b that c"
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| Jul 26, 2022 at 19:15 | comment | added | Lambie | @JohnLawler I just don't see any possible ambiguity in phrase Object A and Object B that are [adjective]. Mainly because "A and B that are C" is not a really a sentence. I think the dv's on my answer are not so fair.... | |
| Jul 24, 2022 at 18:14 | comment | added | WS2 | @JohnLawler It reminds me of the old riddle, which I was last asked by my uncle when I was about five. "What's black and white and red all over?" | |
| Jul 24, 2022 at 17:31 | history | edited | Laurel♦ |
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| Jul 24, 2022 at 17:23 | comment | added | cruthers | It would be better to provide a complete sentence. "Please take away the anemones and roses that are red." Ambiguous. | |
| Jul 24, 2022 at 17:03 | history | migrated | from english.stackexchange.com (revisions) | ||
| Jul 24, 2022 at 16:59 | comment | added | John Lawler | Sentences like that are systematically ambiguous in writing. In speech, it's easy to tell from the intonation and stress. | |
| Jul 24, 2022 at 16:54 | answer | added | Lambie | timeline score: -4 | |
| Jul 24, 2022 at 15:41 | comment | added | Yosef Baskin | Not written poorly, written well as a joke setup. | |
| Jul 24, 2022 at 15:36 | history | asked | user458206 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |