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Is it correct to say ... ? The police fined me while my car parked in the middle of a street.

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I agree with Jeff who has made a pertinent point -- sometimes more context has to be given when homonyms are involved. Your sentence: "The police fined me while my car parked in the middle of a street." sounds a little incomplete to me as I would be wondering if the car parked itself in the middle of a street. Perhaps you can write: The police fined me as my car was parked in the middle of a street. In this case, your use of "was parked" is the passive voice and the reader can infer easily that someone (you) parked it. You can also write: The police issued me a ticket as my car was parked in the middle of a street.
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in this case I will change a little bit the expresion: The police give me a fine because I did park it in the middle of the street
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Yes. It is understood because of the other meaning of "fine". It is not ambiguous because of the given context. However, the following sentences are ambiguous without more context given. Singapore is a fine city - a nice city or a place where you get fined easily? The queen threw a ball - did the queen throw a party or did she really throw a ball?
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I would say 'The police fined me while my car was parked in the middle of the street' but i am not sure if you meant 'The police fined me because my car was parked in the middle of the street'.

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