Awkward ambiguity

Language Log 2017-11-20

Summary:

From David Morris: The Sydney Morning Herald website  is currently showing a headline –  "How to not accidentally harass someone at the office party". (So, how to deliberately harass someone …?) There are lots of possible parses — the one that bothers David is [How [to [[not accidentally] [sexually harrass someone at the office party]]]] […]

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http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=35478

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Authors:

Mark Liberman

Date tagged:

11/20/2017, 11:07

Date published:

11/20/2017, 10:54