Garden Path Sentences

There is another example of why English is so versatile. Garden Path Sentences. These sentences are unique because- they start as a grammatically correct  sentence, like "The old man..." The reader naturally assumes that the old man is about to do something. However, the next phrase makes it incomprehensible. The reader is then forced to start with a new perspective. "The old man the bridge" Here, 'man', which we assumed to be a noun, becomes a verb. The reader is supposed to understand that  "Old people 'man' the bridge". Another example of  Garden Path sentences are: The government plans to raise taxes were defeated. Unbelievable!!!