Language Log: Bad news for hunters and bears

J.M. wrote to alert me to a frightening prospect for hunters and bears in Maryland, revealed by the Washington Post's Afternoon Buzz email newsletter: The new hunting season opens today, with more hunters and more bears allowed to be killed. Here the ubiquitous ambiguity of conjunction comes into stark relief: [more hunters] [and more bears allowed to be killed] versus [more hunters and more bears] [allowed to be killed] Screenshot: