Examples

1. Last night I shot a burglar in my pajamas.
2. The Oracle of Delphi told Croseus that if he pursued the war he would destroy a mighty kingdom. (What the Oracle did not mention was that the kingdom he destroyed would be his own. Adapted from Heroditus, The Histories.)
3. Save soap and waste paper. (From Copi, p. 115)

Critique

Identify the ambiguous phrase and show the two possible interpretations.