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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.
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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 and entertaining selection of such ambiguities has been compiled by Jeff Gray.
 
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| title = Collection of Ambiguous or Inconsistent/Incomplete Statements   
 
| title = Collection of Ambiguous or Inconsistent/Incomplete Statements   
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