Adjectives can be amiguous

Tue, 13/09/2011 - 12:40 -- James Oakley

Are they predicative, attributive, substantive, etc.? These questions matter, because an adjective placed in the wrong place can imply the wrong meaning.

Was this the correct headline?

Hacking MPs recall James Murdoch

What did those MPs think they were up to? Gamekeeper turned poacher?

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