Neco 2019 Literature In English Question 3

Practice objective / multiple choice question 3 from the 2019 Neco Literature In English examination.

Neco 2019 Literature In English Objective / Multiple Choice Medium Difficulty
Question 3 NECO • 2019 • LITERATURE_IN_ENGLISH • objective

The sentence below contains an ambiguity. "The teacher told the student that she would fail the exam if she did not study." Rewrite the sentence to remove the ambiguity and state the type of ambiguity present.

Answer Options

Correct Answer A. Rewritten: "The teacher warned the student, 'If you do not study, you will fail the exam.'" Ambiguity type: pronoun‑reference (syntactic) ambiguity
B. Rewritten: \"The teacher warned the student, 'If you do not study, you will fail the exam.'\" Ambiguity type: referential ambiguity
C. Rewritten: \"The teacher said to the student, 'If you do not study, you will fail the exam.'\" Ambiguity type: scope ambiguity
D. Rewritten: \"The teacher told the student, 'You will fail the exam if you do not study.'\" Ambiguity type: lexical ambiguity
Correct Answer
A
Correct Option:
Rewritten: "The teacher warned the student, 'If you do not study, you will fail the exam.'" Ambiguity type: pronoun‑reference (syntactic) ambiguity

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