List of linguistic example sentences
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The following is a partial list of linguistic example sentences illustrating various linguistic phenomena.
Ambiguity
Different types of ambiguity which are possible in language.
Lexical ambiguity
Demonstrations of words which have multiple meanings dependent on context.
Will, will Will will Will Will's will? – Will (a person), will (future tense auxiliary verb) Will (a second person) will (bequeath) [to] Will (a third person) Will's (the second person) will (a document)? (Someone asked Will 1 directly if Will 2 plans to bequeath his own will, the document, to Will 3.)
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo. – Bison (the plural of "buffalos" or "buffalo" is also accepted) from Buffalo, New York, whom bison from Buffalo bully, bully bison from Buffalo.
Police police Police police police police Police police. – Police officers from Police, Poland, whom police officers from Police patrol, patrol police officers from Police.
Rose rose to put rose roes on her rows of roses.
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