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While I admit that the 'good' adjective may not have been proper in the example, however, you can substitute another adjective in its place, and it wouldn't change the 'structural' issue of the sentence. What we have in this case is that syntactic ambiguity arises when there is a adjective-noun-conjunction-noun construct like the ones we have been discussing. While the meaning could be clear in some instances depending on the context, however, if the context is not clear then the meaning is also open to many interpretations. i.e I will meet you in future meetings and seminars. She designs independent websites and blogs. He's gone to attend official duties and business. The king gave money to the old man and woman. I would like medium-sized fries and coke. I would like hot coffe and tea. Those are short men and women. Take for example, the first case, does it only imply 'I will meet you in future meetings' and not 'future seminars'? Does the adjective modify only the first noun in these examples? There is certainly ambiguity over the intended meanings in such contructs. Anyways, my initial comment was a bit of a tongue-in-cheek type comment. This has obviously gone way off topic and not the direction I had intended. I still think you can't differentiate if the language spoken is Punjabi :laugh: Cheers
This is the problem right here again. All these examples have words that are logically paired (like salt and pepper) even outside of the sentence so your mind parses it as one and applies the specifier to both. Hindi and Punjabi don't have that relationship. Unlike say, Bengali assamese, tamil telugu, awadhi mythili if one goes looking. :) However, it's possible that you live outside the country so they appear more connected to you.
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70% migrants to Mumbai are from Maharashtra http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/70-migrants-to-Mumbai-are-from-Maharashtra/articleshow/16428301.cms

MUMBAI: Contrary to MNS chief Raj Thackeray's ongoing tirade, migrants to cities like Mumbai are not 'outsiders' from other states. Nearly 70% of them come from rural or urban areas within Maharashtra itself, reveals an analysis of data from the National Sample Survey Organization's (NSSO) 64th round. For every migrant coming to a city in Maharashtra from the urban areas of other states such as Bihar, Uttar Pradesh or Orissa, there are over three migrants who have come from within the state. The reality of Maharashtrian migrants holds true for those moving from rural areas, as well. Out of every 1,000 migrants in urban Maharashtra, 370 come from villages within the state, while 198 migrants come from villages outside the state's borders, reveals the NSSO, the most recent government resource available for migration data. Demographic experts say anti-migrant protests in Mumbai then are without basis and mere politicking. TOI, in a series of reports, has highlighted this demographic trend. For instance, on February 17, 2008, we cited provisional figures of the NSSO to say that 67.6% of urban migration in Maharashtra was from within the state itself. On November 5, 2008, we reported data from TISS that 2.4 lakh people had migrated to Mumbai from other areas of the state. Similarly, the next year, on November 8, TOI carried numbers from a UNDP-BMC report that pegged intra-state migration at 37.4%. Data also highlights that people migrate for various reasons, not only in pursuit of jobs as is being portrayed. For instance, over 538 per 1,000 migrants in urban Maharashtra, particularly women, have moved residence due to marriage. "It is easy for politicians to blame migrants for all ills and remain in the limelight. But it is worth questioning how much employment have parties created for local migrants," said migration expert D P Singh from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, explaining that Mumbai received a chunk of migrants from nearby Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg in the 1960s. "The distress and lack of development in Marathwada over the years meant many come from there as well." However, employment opportunities in Mumbai have been shrinking substantially following the closure of textile mills and lack of new industries. Census data for instance, revealed that employment in the manufacturing sector in Mumbai had declined from 41% in 1961 to 20% in 2001. "Construction is one area which still attracts workers," explains Singh. While Census 2011 is still to release its findings on migration, demographers say the declining population growth in Mumbai indicates that migration too is stabilizing if not dropping. The issue of Bihari migrants may indeed be exaggerated. Amrita Datta from the Institute of Human Development, Delhi which closely studies the labour market points out that Mumbai is not the most favoured destination for migrant workers from Bihar. "The National Capital Region of Delhi is the most popular destination with 25.4% of the total migrants going there, followed by Punjab with 21.2%." Maharashtra comes third with about 8.5% migrants. Experts point out that this could be attributed to the rapidly spreading urbanization across India which leads to what is called short-distance migration. This means urban projects create informal work opportunities for people in towns and cities near their homes which could explain why migrants from within the state outnumber those from other states. Professor R B Bhagat, head of migration and urban studies at the International Institute for Population Studies, Govandi, believes there is need for a national migration survey so that more recent data is available for policy-making, as periodic NSSO data could be disputed as being old. He points out that migrants who have settled in a state for long periods are counted in subsequent censuses as locals, which indicates the difficulty in counts of migrant populations. Datta reiterated that the constitution mandates freedom of mobility to every citizen in any part of the country and believes that migrant rights ought to be "an essential part of the inclusive growth paradigm".
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