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
The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and
nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar
words.