An example of a ambiguos sentence would be this, I texted my boyfriend the other day and told him I got a ticket.However I failed to explain what kind of ticket I had gotten so he assumed that iI got a speeding ticket or something when infact it was a parking ticket at SJSU for ten dollars!Bummer.Me not specifiying led him to think it could have been a number of things.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Vauge or Ambiguous
A vauge sentence is one that dose not offer enough detail while a ambiguous sentence is one that can mean more than one thing. Often times when I talk to my mom she uses vauge sentences. a perfect example of this is when she says "I'm hungry,get me something good to eat." So i knoe that shes hungry and wants something "good" but that can be anything in my opinion.
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I am in a strong agreement with one of your examples. My mom is from the Philippines so she is very vague with all of her statements. The phrase she always uses is "the thing." This can deal with any situation.
ReplyDeleteShe would go, "Hey! Can you get the thing for me?", "What channel is the thing?", and my favorite, "What about the thingy?"
It's very irritating to me and my mom has done nothing about this. This makes it so difficult to understand her especially for driving directions. I'm still currently trying hard to help her with this problems.
Oh yes I hear a lot about these sorts of things from my mom all the time.With her spanish speeking students a e always ends up in the front of every word, for example....
ReplyDelete"No I do not espeak espanish."
Can be very irritating, maybe you can suggest esl classes for your mom, they can be very helpful.