Determine Whether the Following Claim Is Best Classified as Semantically

question 73

Short Answer

Determine whether the following claim is best classified as semantically ambiguous (and whether this contains grouping ambiguities), syntactically ambiguous, or free from ambiguity: "My husband got his project cut off two weeks ago, and I haven't had any relief since then."-From a letter requesting public assistance, as quoted in Ann Landers, Chicago Tribune

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Definitions:

Avoid Risk

The strategy of minimizing exposure to potential losses or harm by carefully managing decisions and actions.

Loss

The state of being deprived of or of being without something that one has had.

Warranted Inference

A logically justified conclusion based on available evidence or premises.

Fallacy

A mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument.