Today's word is "amphiboly" ... am-FIB-uh-lee ... ambiguity of speech, especially from uncertainty of the grammatical construction rather than of the meaning of the words. (Dictionary.com)
What?
Though you are intelligent,
In control of all your senses,
You can be confused by others,
And their use of tenses.
Or sometimes their amphiboles,
Will make you stop and think,
Was that man just thirsty ...
Or did they find him in the drink?
Making ourselves understood,
Is difficult at best,
Without mysterious grammar,
To cause us undo stress.
Anne Selleck
Copyright 2016
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