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- 1What is Vague?A word or phrase is vague if we cannot say with certainty what it includes and what it excludes.
- 2What is Ambiguous?A word, phrase, or sentence is said to be ambiguous when it has more than one meaning.
- 3Semantic AmbiguitySemantic Ambiguity can be found when one word or phrase has differing meanings, and corrected by substituting the word or phrase that is not ambiguous for the one making the trouble. “Correct” for “right,” for example
- 4Grouping Ambiguitywhen it is not clear whether a word is being used to refer to a group collectively or to members of the group individually.
- 5Syntactic Ambiguityoccurs when a claim is open to two or more interpretations because of its structure
- 6Ambiguous pronoun referencesoccur when it is not clear to what or whom a pronoun is supposed to refer.
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