Ambiguity
The headline above (Straits Times web, 20 October 2009) is unintentionally ambiguous and amusing.
The noun phrase ageing panel is intended to mean �panel that works on issues involving ageing� (ageing is a noun here), but arguably the more obvious and natural reading would be �panel of ageing members� (ageing as adjective).
The headline above (Straits Times web, 20 October 2009) is unintentionally ambiguous and amusing.
The noun phrase ageing panel is intended to mean �panel that works on issues involving ageing� (ageing is a noun here), but arguably the more obvious and natural reading would be �panel of ageing members� (ageing as adjective).
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