Garden path sentence
A garden path sentence, such as "The old man the boat," is a grammatically correct sentence that starts in such a way that a reader's most likely interpretation will be incorrect; the reader is lured into a parse that turns out to be a dead end or yields a clearly unintended meaning. "Garden path" refers to the saying "to be led down [or up] the garden path", meaning to be deceived, tricked, or seduced.
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Garden path sentence
A garden path sentence, such as "The old man the boat," is a grammatically correct sentence that starts in such a way that a reader's most likely interpretation will be incorrect; the reader is lured into a parse that turns out to be a dead end or yields a clearly unintended meaning. "Garden path" refers to the saying "to be led down [or up] the garden path", meaning to be deceived, tricked, or seduced.
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A garden path sentence, such a ...... erstood after careful parsing.
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Der Holzwegeffekt (engl. garde ...... tische Struktur vorauszusagen.
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Een intuinzin (Engels garden p ...... een herinterpretatie optreedt.
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A garden path sentence, such a ...... deceived, tricked, or seduced.
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Der Holzwegeffekt (engl. garde ...... verwendet, um zu untersuchen,
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Een intuinzin (Engels garden p ...... een herinterpretatie optreedt.
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Garden path sentence
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Holzwegeffekt
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Intuinzin
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