Vague and Ambiguous Sentences

A vague sentence is described as a sentence that can be interpreted in only a couple ways. For example: "I saw Joe spitting food out." This is a vague sentence because it can be described in two ways. One way is that once "I" saw Joe, I spat my food out. The second way is "I" personally saw Joe spit his food out. Vague sentences lack detail so that it only expresses one idea. To fix this sentence, it would be "I saw Joe spitting his food out." Or "I was spitting food out when i saw Joe."

An ambiguous sentence is a that can be interpreted more than 2 ways. Most ambiguous sentences are used in inspirational quotes. An example would be the sentence "I am me." There are many ways of interpreting this sentence. This varies from personal point of view. In my point of view, this means only he or she can determine the destiny of their own lives.