A few days ago
Aiko

ambiguous?

is this sentense ambiguous?

The girl with a baby who has a heart disease is american.

Who has a heart disease? the girl? or the baby?

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A few days ago
VeggieTart — Let’s Go Caps!

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Yeah, it’s ambiguous. Does the young woman have heart disease, or does her baby?

If the baby has heart disease: The girl whose baby has heart disease is American. Or, The girl, whose baby has heart disease, is American.

If she has it: The girl with a baby and heart disease is American.

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A few days ago
Sandeep N
This is truly ambiguous since either of them could have the heart disease.
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A few days ago
lizzie
The girl, with a baby who has a heart disease, is American.

Punctuation is the key to making the meaning clear.

However this is a better sentence.

The girl, whose baby has a heart disease, is American.

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A few days ago
wry humor
Punctuate.

The girl, with a baby, who has a heart disease is American.

The girl, with a baby who has a heart disease, is American.

Notice I also capitalized “American”. It is a proper noun.

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A few days ago
mayan
yes it is. Maybe u can rephrase the sentence to ” The American girl with the baby has a heart disease.” This will mean that the girl has heart disease-clear and straight to the point.
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A few days ago
Anonymous
The baby has the heart disease. “a baby who has”.
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A few days ago
Anonymous
you need commas here –

the girl with the baby, who has heart disease, is american. – the girl is american with heart disease

or

the girl with the baby who has heart disease, is american – the baby has heart disease, the girl is american.

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A few days ago
Anonymous
I’d have to agree that it’s somewhat ambiguous.
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A few days ago
Sahar
the baby, but actually it can mean either
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A few days ago
kiki68
well u already have the answer to the question and since u are not asking for help why is this posted?
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