When a Sentence in a Written Passage Contains an Ambiguous

question 57

Multiple Choice

When a sentence in a written passage contains an ambiguous word,

• A) people typically do not notice the ambiguity until they have finished reading the entire sentence.
• B) people apparently access only the best-known meaning of that word.
• C) people are highly unlikely to notice that the word may be ambiguous.
• D) people typically pause while they process the ambiguous word.

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