For example, the following sentence lends itself to two possible interpretations: (1) Old men and women left the theater. What does “old” modify in this sentence? “Men” or “men and women”? In other ...

If ever the people on our planet faced uncertainty, now is that time. Only a few weeks ago, markets were at record highs. Optimism was rampant. You might have even found yourself humming “It’s a ...

Ambiguity and its cousins, contradiction and paradox, are everywhere in mathematics, both in content and thinking. Strangely, the subject that appears to be the very paradigm of reason, and that is ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Why did language evolve? While the answer might seem obvious — as a way for individuals to exchange information — linguists and other students of communication have debated this ...

Listed above are perfect examples of ambiguity. Ambiguity can be defined as ‘the presence of two or more possible meanings in any passage’. Ambiguous sentences lack clarity and lead to confusion or ...

One lesson I learned early in my career: there’s no ambiguity when you lead by example. If there’s a difficult assignment, volunteer for it. If there’s a deal to be done and it requires working over ...

I don't need to know what Neil Druckmann thinks about the ending of 'The Last of Us' any more. Reading time 6 minutes Whenever I reflect on the ending of The Last of Us when the game first released on ...

It seems that increasingly often you hear the phrase, “It is what it is.” I was taking the phrase to mean, “It’s not this and it’s not that; it’s something more subtle that I don’t have a name for, ...