Problem: Identify the kind of ambiguity in each of the following sentences and state the different ways in which each sentence can be interpreted.
1. Billy gave his sisters a box of candy for Christmas.
2. He's a chicken.
3. Melissa only has one dress.
4. General Lose Battle With Nurses. (A newspaper headline)
5. Conversational German is extremely difficult.
6. Children need discipline to become responsible adults.
7. If, after you think it over, you still decide to drop out of school, I promise I won't say another word to you.
8. In multi-section courses, the instructors should be free to choose the text.
9. Eighty per cent of the stores tested illegally sell cigarettes to minors with no question asked.
10. She arrived at the theater in a white limousine with a bright red hood.
11. The apartment superintendent came to our door during the party last night to complain about the noise in his pyjamas.
12. Tell me where she hit you.