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Put text in correct font wc/ww: word choice/wrong word: Incorrect or awkward word choice hr # Insert hair space: s/b: should be: Selection should be whatever edit follows this mark s/r: substitute/replace: Make the substitution tr: transpose: Transpose the two words selected vf: verb form (Mostly used when translating) The version of the verb ...
"James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher" is an English sentence used to demonstrate lexical ambiguity and the necessity of punctuation, [1] which serves as a substitute for the intonation, [2] stress, and pauses found in speech. [3]
In computer science, an ambiguous grammar is a context-free grammar for which there exists a string that can have more than one leftmost derivation or parse tree. [1] [2] Every non-empty context-free language admits an ambiguous grammar by introducing e.g. a duplicate rule.
In social psychology, ambiguity is a factor used in determining peoples' responses to various situations. High levels of ambiguity in an emergency (e.g. an unconscious man lying on a park bench) make witnesses less likely to offer any sort of assistance, due to the fear that they may have misinterpreted the situation and acted unnecessarily.
A famous example for lexical ambiguity is the following sentence: "Wenn hinter Fliegen Fliegen fliegen, fliegen Fliegen Fliegen hinterher.", meaning "When flies fly behind flies, then flies fly in pursuit of flies." [40] [circular reference] It takes advantage of some German nouns and corresponding verbs being homonymous. While not noticeable ...
The infuriating ambiguity of 'fine' Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY. August 15, 2022 at 4:41 PM. There are times when "fine" is a fine response. A perfunctory answer to a ritual greeting. "Fine" means ...
Formally, the reference context-free grammar of the language is ambiguous, meaning there is more than one correct parse tree. In many programming languages, one may write conditionally executed code in two forms: the if-then form, or the if-then-else form. (The else clause is optional.): if a then s if b then s1 else s2
Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling to allow emergency care for pregnant women facing health-related issues provides only narrow, temporary relief to physicians and their pregnant patients in ...