[lit-ideas] I shall appreciate the opinion of native speaker sof English on the correctness fo the judgment in the last line (to the effect that the sentence can mean and can only mean THE BOY WHO LOST IS LEFT

From: "Adriano Palma" <Palma@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:40:16 +0200

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Is the boy who
lost left 
 
 
fails to have the following interpretation: 
(is it the case that) the boy who is lost left?
Why does this string only mean: 
 
 
 

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