> So my question . Can someone please help me out with another 
> way to express "lg/l[position() = 1]/q[@next and @prev]" that 
> will resolve the ambiguity?


You don't need to change the pattern: just add attributes for example
priority="3" and priority="4" to the xsl:template elements. If both rules
match, the one with the higher priority number is chosen.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/