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time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana

time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana phrase: an example of a garden path sentence and of syntactic ambiguity.

Phrase

time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana

  1. (humorous) An example of a garden path sentence and of syntactic ambiguity.

Questions about time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana

What does time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana mean?
Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana means an example of a garden path sentence and of syntactic ambiguity.
What part of speech is time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana?
Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana is a phrase.

Words near time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana in the dictionary

  1. time famine
  2. time fault
  3. time faults
  4. time first
  5. time flies
  6. time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana
  7. time flies when you're having fun
  8. time for print
  9. time forgot
  10. time frame
  11. time frames

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