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Noun Concept
Categories: Linguistic error, Psycholinguistics, Articles with short description, long volume value, Parsing
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comparative illusion  CI  comparative illusions  Escher sentence  Escher sentences
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In linguistics, comparative illusions or Escher sentences are certain comparative sentences which initially seem to be acceptable but upon closer reflection have no well-formed, sensical meaning. Wikipedia
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In linguistics, comparative illusions or Escher sentences are certain comparative sentences which initially seem to be acceptable but upon closer reflection have no well-formed, sensical meaning. Wikipedia
Sentences that appear to make sense but actually do not Wikidata
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sentence
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ungrammatical sentence
acceptability
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comparative illusion
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comparative illusion
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comparative illusions, Escher sentence, Escher sentences, Montalbetti sentence, Montalbetti sentences, More people have been to Russia than I have., Russia sentence, Russia sentences
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CI, Escher sentence

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