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Minka
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I �ve just learned something. THANKS, t.javanshir!
Have a great day!
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16 Jul 2011
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libertybelle
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No Native speaker would ever interpret a criminal lawyer as a lawyer who is a criminal.
We wouldn �t call a Discrimination Lawyer a lawyer someone who discriminates!
There are many kinds of lawyer - named after their specialties.
Divorce lawyers
criminal lawyers
corporate lawyers
You can read more here:
http://www.typeoflawyer.com/
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16 Jul 2011
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almaz
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Toofan, I would say the functional ambiguity lies rather with the word �visiting �, which can be an adjective (professors from another institution who are temporary, or visiting) or a gerund participial (having to visit professors in their little domains or wherever), so the relationship to the noun (although in both cases �professors � are part of the subject, surely?) in either case is not immediately clear.
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16 Jul 2011
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t.javanshir
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you �re welcome Minka,
As I acknowledged at the beginning it will sound awkward but it �s an example of an ambiguous sentence anyway.
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16 Jul 2011
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