amphibology has definitions from the field of grammar
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[ noun ] (grammar) an ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., `they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes

Synonyms

amphiboly

Used in print

(Evan Esar, Humorous English; a guide to comic ,...)

There are many types of ambiguity and many_of them have been described by rhetoricians under such names as amphibology , parisology , and other ologies .

Related terms

ambiguity

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