Re: Is this an ambiguous syntax?

See the bold (could "against" be interpreted as attaching to "cover" or to something other than "moves")?

That’s exactly it—since earlier last year the Russians have been saying that Ukraine could be turned into a heavily armed de facto US ally with the US giving de facto cover to Ukraine’s moves at home against the Russian language and also with the US arming Ukraine so that Ukraine can attack the Donbass’s separatist areas.

1/27/237:19 PM

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David, ModeratorModerator

Hi, Andrew—Is it grammatically possible for the phrase "against the Russian language" to modify the noun phrase headed by "cover" rather than the noun phrase headed by "moves" in that sentence? Yes, it is grammatically possible.

2/2/2310:08 PM

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