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Classwork October 11, 2021 Example 2

# 2) Let’s say Jeff lives in room 333, and Sam also lives in room 333, but they are not 
roommates. How can this be? Jeff and Sam would argue about both living in room 333, but 
what they do not know is that they both live in room 333 of different buildings. 
So they are both right, which leads to ambiguity.

This unlike the first example requires convincing because they are both right 
and they each were not specific enough. The effect of being both right would lead to 
confusion since you would wonder who is telling the ‘truth’. This is different from the 
first example because the first example is one person and their thoughts, while the second 
is two people having different thoughts but both believe they are right. Another difference is 
that the first one seems to be more logical and automatic, while the second one requires more 
detail in order to determine and sort things out.