<Li> (declarative, i.e. neutrally stating a proposition) Certain flying insects, called "time flies", enjoy an arrow . </Li> <P> In addition, the sentence contains semantic ambiguity . For instance, the noun phrase "Time flies" could refer to all time flies or particular time flies, and "an arrow" to all arrows, a particular arrow, or different arrows for different flies; compare "Fruit flies like a banana", "Fruit flies ate a banana", "Fruit flies live on a banana". Likewise, the noun "Time" could refer to the magazine . </P> <P> The expression is based on the proverb: "Time flies", a translation of the Latin Tempus fugit, where "fly" is to be taken in the sense of flee . </P> <P> An early example of a pun with the expression "Time flies" may be found in a 1930 issue of Boys' Life: </P>

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