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Amphiboly and ambiguity, then, depend on these modes of speech.
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Amphiboly and ambiguity, then, depend on these modes of speech.
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The Fallacy of Amphiboly ([Greek: ámphibolía]) is an ambiguity attaching to the construction of a proposition rather than to the terms of which it is composed.
Deductive Logic St. George William Joseph Stock
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Amphiboly is an ambiguity which arises though loose or awkward phrasing:
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Amphiboly is an ambiguity which arises though loose or awkward phrasing:
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Of the Equivocal Nature or Amphiboly of the Conceptions of
The Critique of Pure Reason Immanuel Kant 1764
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When you write that nothing is faster than light, haven’t you impaled yourself on the horns of a Lurking Amphiboly?
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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When you write that nothing is faster than light, haven’t you impaled yourself on the horns of a Lurking Amphiboly?
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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