Ambiguity

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Ambiguity

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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.

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Antoine Ghannoum
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Re: Ambiguity

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(Not a grammar issue, but...) yes.
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