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	Ambiguity
		Part of the answer consists in identifying phenomena with which ambiguity may be confused, such as vagueness, unclarity, inexplicitness and indexicality.
		Structural ambiguity occurs when a phrase or sentence has more than one underlying structure, such as the phrases 'Tibetan history teacher', 'a student of high moral principles' and 'short men and women', and the sentences 'The girl hit the boy with a book' and 'Visiting relatives can be boring'.
		Philosophers sometimes lament the prevalence of ambiguity in natural languages and yearn for an ideal language in which it is absent.
	online.sfsu.edu /~kbach/ambguity.html (2494 words)

	Ambiguity - LoveToKnow 1911
		In law an ambiguity as to the meaning of the words of a written instrument may be of considerable importance.
		(1) Patent ambiguity is that ambiguity which is apparent on the face of an instrument to any one perusing it, even if he be unacquainted with the circumstances of the parties.
		A latent ambiguity may be explained by parol evidence, for, as the ambiguity has been brought about by circumstances extraneous to the instrument, the explanation must necessarily be sought for from such circumstances.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Ambiguity (245 words)

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