May 15, 2012
Chapter 4_Exercise3_Woods
Paraphrase each of the following sentences in two ways to show that you understand the ambiguity involved:
- Dick finally decided on the boat.
i. Dick made a decision about something on the boat.
ii. Dick decided which boat he would buy.
- The professor’s appointment was shocking.
i. The person the professor appointed shocked us all.
ii. We were shocked when that professor was appointed.
- The design has big squares and circles.
i. The design was made with large squares and circles.
ii. Big squares and circles are part of the design.
- That sheepdog is too hairy to eat.
i. The sheepdog’s hair makes it too messy for him to eat.
ii. If sheepdog was a menu item, it would be too hairy for me to eat. I can’t eat that much hair.
- Could this be the invisible man’s hair tonic?
i. This tonic is so light it would only work on an invisible man.
ii. If I ever found hair tonic it would have to belong to the invisible man.
- The governor is a dirty street fighter.
i. The governor can get really tough when he is fighting crime in the streets.
ii. Our dirty rotten governor is not above fighting people right out in the street.
- I cannot recommend him too highly.
i. I couldn’t possibly give him a better recommendation.
ii. I couldn’t get any higher than this to recommend him to you.
- Terry loves his wife and so do I.
- Terry and I are in love with the same woman.
ii. My friend Terry has a wonderful wife – we all love her.
- They said she would go yesterday.
i. They told me that she would go to the shop yesterday.
ii. The people that I work with said she would quit, effective yesterday.
- No smoking section available.
i. If you don’t smoke, we have a no smoking section for you.
ii. If you do smoke, we don’t have a smoking section for you.
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