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Ambiguity

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Ambiguity

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  1. Ambiguity This icon indicates that detailed teacher’s notes are available in the Notes Page. This icon indicates the slide contains activities created in Flash. These activities are not editable. For more detailed instructions, see the Getting Started presentation.

  2. Ambiguity Do you know what ambiguity is? Today we’re going to look at how to avoid ambiguity in our writing.

  3. Ambiguity

  4. Ambiguity How can both answers be correct? The reason both answers can be correct is that the sentences are badly expressed. The problem is the pronoun, They. • It might mean the people waving. • It might mean the people in the parade. It could mean either – the sentence is ambiguous.

  5. Pronouns • Do you know what a pronoun is? • How many can you think of? Pronouns are words such as he, she, it, we, they, us, you. They are very useful and prevent our writing sounding too childish. At the same time we need to be careful that everybody knows which noun they are replacing.

  6. Pronouns The following sentences are ambiguous. Underline the pronouns and then try to explain both meanings of the sentences. • Juliet’s nurse gave Romeo a message saying that she was in love with him. • Paul hurtled down the slope after Sam. He was going very fast. • Beth persuaded Michelle to go into the sea as she was burning in the sun. • Richard met Tom in the shop where he worked.

  7. Preventing ambiguity What can you do to avoid ambiguity? • Sometimes it is best to turn one sentence into two to make your meaning unambiguous. • Sometimes you just need to re-arrange the sentence, perhaps adding punctuation. • Sometimes you need to change the wording slightly.

  8. Preventing ambiguity • Juliet’s nurse gave Romeo a message saying that she was in love with him. This could be re-written as: Juliet’s nurse gave Romeo a message saying that Juliet was in love with him.

  9. Preventing ambiguity B) Paul hurtled down the slope after Sam. He was going very fast. Could become: Paul hurtled down the slope after Sam, who was going very fast.

  10. Preventing ambiguity C) Beth persuaded Michelle to go into the sea as she was burning in the sun. Could become:Michelle was burning in the sun so Beth persuaded her to go into the sea.

  11. Preventing ambiguity D) Richard met Tom in the shop where he worked. Could become:Richard met Tom in the shop where Tom worked.

  12. Activity

  13. Activity • Write a few sentences for your partner. • Make the sentences ambiguous. • Swap sentences. • Rewrite each one twice so that both meanings are made clear.

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