Editing Adjective phrase (section)

=== Intersective versus non-intersective interpretation of AP ===

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 | Ambiguous sentence: I've never met a <u>more '''beautiful'''</u> dancer than Mary
   {{ordered list
    | Intersective: I've never met a dancer who is more beautiful (as a person) than Mary 
    | Non-intersective: I've never met anyone dancing more beautifully than Mary
   }}
 | Unambiguous sentence: I've never met a dancer <u>more '''beautiful'''</u> than Mary
   {{ordered list
    | Intersective: I've never met a dancer who is more beautiful (as a person) than Mary  
    | *Non-intersective: *I've never met anyone dancing more beautifully than Mary
   }}
}}

This example showed then entire adjective phrase moving, creating the same ambiguity as example 1. Therefore, the placement of the adjective relative to the subject is important for creating unambiguous statements.<ref>Larson, Richard K. 1995. Olga is a beautiful dancer. Ms., Stony Brook University text of a paper delivered at the 1995 Winter Meeting of the LSA, New Orleans (http:// semlab5.sbs.sunysb.edu/~rlarson/lsa95.pdf).</ref>