"...complaints about the noise from people..." people's NOISE or COMPLAINTS?
"There have been complaints about the noise from people who live in the flats." What word the phrase "from people" refer to: 1) COMPLAINTS from people? or 2) the NOISE from people?
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It could be interpreted either way because the phrase "about the noise" is placed in this manner. The proximity rule would lead us to believe that the noise is coming from people, but I doubt the writer intends such a meaning.
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