Ambiguous statement is a statement that can be interpreted in different ways to mean different things.
In my personal opinion, writers should always choose their words wisely in order to avoid confusion to the readers.
For example, look at the bizarre headlines above;
- Include your children when baking cookies
- Kids make nutritious snacks
Both sentences seem to imply that children can be made into food! When the truth is, we know that the writer is trying to say that we should get our children to help out in the kitchen or kids are able to make nutritious snacks.
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