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→Caution: example of ambiguity in English
:"Colorless green ideas sleep furiously."
:"Colorless green ideas sleep furiously."
This example illustrates the difference between grammar/syntax and meaning/semantics.
:This example illustrates the difference between grammar/syntax and meaning/semantics.
Another problem when analysing a sentence is that many English words have multiple meanings, so that there may be more than one way to interpret a sentence. A simple example is the sentence: "Time flies". Is this an instruction to check how fast flies are flying, or an indication that time appears to be passing quickly? A varied selection of such ambiguities has been compiled by Jeff Gray.
<ref>{{Cite web
| title = Collection of Ambiguous or Inconsistent/Incomplete Statements
| url = http://www.gray-area.org/Research/Ambig/
| author = Jeff Gray
| accessdate = 2012-04-10
}}</ref>
==Chomsky hierarchy==
==Chomsky hierarchy==