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Punctuation Ambiguity

A sentence whose sound supports two different parses — "I want you to notice how comfortable you feel now" — letting the listener's mind take both routes.

Written punctuation disambiguates; speech doesn't. Milton Model ambiguity exploits the gap, handing the listener a choice of meanings at the unconscious level. A subtle tool; a light touch serves it.

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ShriViral Manek, Institute of NLP India · reviewed 30 Sept 2026