An interesting headline on a news Web site:
"Men don't cheat because their wives are ugly"
You can read this in two ways. The way it was intended:
"Ugly wives do not cause men to cheat"
The other way:
"Men don't cheat; the reason is their wives are ugly"
The first time you read the headline, which way did you read it?
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My initial understanding was option no.2
I thought option#1.
Jeffrey
Apparently I read it the first way and expected the sentence to be followed with, "They cheat for another reason." Could have been a good article.
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