Dear Professor,
May a hyphen solve the ambiguity problem?
"A porcelain-egg container": a container for porcelain eggs.
"A porcelain egg-container": an egg container which is made of porcelain.
Thanks
Best regards,
Antoine Ghannoum
Ambiguity
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Re: Ambiguity
(Not a grammar issue, but...) yes.