Summary Ambiguity

What is Ambiguity..??

      Ambiguity is a type of uncertainty of meaning in which several interpretations are plausible. It is an attribute of any idea or statement whose intended meaning cannot be definitively resolved according to a rule or process with a finite number of steps.
Sir John Tenniel's illustration of the Caterpillar for Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is noted for its ambiguous central figure, whose head can be viewed as being a human male's face with a pointed nose and pointy chin or being the head end of an actual caterpillar , with the first two right "true" legs visible.

* Common Ambiguity Examples
Below are some common examples of ambiguity:

A good life depends on a liver – Liver may be an organ or simply a living person.

Foreigners are hunting dogs – It is unclear whether dogs were being hunted or foreigners are being spoken of as dogs.

Each of us saw her duck – It is not clear whether the word “duck” refers to an action of ducking or a duck that is a bird.

The passerby helps dog bite victim – Is the passerby helping a dog bite someone? Or is he helping a person bitten by a dog? It’s not clear.