Sentences Such as "Include Children When Baking Cookies" May Strike

question 214

Multiple Choice

Sentences such as "Include children when baking cookies" may strike us as funny. From the perspective of language, this is because the phrase or headline

• A) lacks subject-verb agreement.
• B) has no literal interpretation.
• C) has ambiguous syntax.
• D) is impossible to interpret.

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