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Further, it is quite unimportant how ambiguity
arises or how it is remedied. For it is clear in all
cases that two interpretations are possible, and as
far as the written or spoken word is concerned,
it is equally important for both parties. It is
therefore a perfectly futile rule which directs us to
endeavour, in connexion with this basis, to turn the
word in question to suit our own purpose, since, if
this is feasible, there is no ambiguity.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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