Associations to the word «Amphiboly»

Wiktionary

AMPHIBOLY, noun. (grammar) An ambiguous grammatical construction.

Dictionary definition

AMPHIBOLY, noun. An ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., `they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes.

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche