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

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
Friedrich Nietzsche