Ellipsis
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ELLIPSIS
YOU CAN LEAVE OUT WORDS TO AVOID REPETITION, OR WHEN THE
MEANING CAN BE UNDERSTOOD WITHOUT THEM. IT’S VERY COMMOM
IN SPOKEN ENGLISH.
YOU CAN AVOID REPEATING A COMPLETE VERB PHRASEBY USING
JUST THE AUXILIARY OR MODAL VERB.
eXamples:
* Pat likes rock music and so do I.
- “We couldn’t have got there earlier.” - “I think we could.”
* “He likes watchingsoap operas.” - “ Does he?”
* My partner hasn’t got a dog but I have.
"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." (Plato)"Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater."
(William Hazlitt)
"Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends."
(Virginia Woolf)
YOU USE ELLIPSIS :
1) In short taganswers beginning with so, neither, nor.
Ex: A: “I didn’t see Ann.”
B: “Neither did I”
2) After an auxiliary or a modal . You can leave out the verb phrase. If there’s noauxiliary, you use do/does/did
Ex: “Bill can’t swim, but his sister can.”
“Peter enjoyed the film but I didn’t.”
3) In short reply questions. You use a positive question after a positivestatement and a negative question after a negative statement.
Ex: A:“They play tennis every day.” B:“ Do they?”
A:“ He didn’t see that film. B:“Didn’t he?”
4) In short answers.
Ex: A:“Have you read that book?” B:“Not yet”
5) In sentences where the verb would be repeated in the infinitive form.
You can leave out the infinitive and you use to.
Ex: I’ve neverheard him sing, but I’d like to.
I never play basketball now, but I used to.
1 A: I didn’t know what to watch on Tv last night.
B: Neither ___ I.
2 I prefer to listen tothe radio and so ____ my wife.
3 A:I can really relax when the kids have gone to bed.
B: I’m afraid I ___
4 Sam and Mary don’t have a computer and neither ___ Jill....
YOU CAN LEAVE OUT WORDS TO AVOID REPETITION, OR WHEN THE
MEANING CAN BE UNDERSTOOD WITHOUT THEM. IT’S VERY COMMOM
IN SPOKEN ENGLISH.
YOU CAN AVOID REPEATING A COMPLETE VERB PHRASEBY USING
JUST THE AUXILIARY OR MODAL VERB.
eXamples:
* Pat likes rock music and so do I.
- “We couldn’t have got there earlier.” - “I think we could.”
* “He likes watchingsoap operas.” - “ Does he?”
* My partner hasn’t got a dog but I have.
"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." (Plato)"Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater."
(William Hazlitt)
"Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends."
(Virginia Woolf)
YOU USE ELLIPSIS :
1) In short taganswers beginning with so, neither, nor.
Ex: A: “I didn’t see Ann.”
B: “Neither did I”
2) After an auxiliary or a modal . You can leave out the verb phrase. If there’s noauxiliary, you use do/does/did
Ex: “Bill can’t swim, but his sister can.”
“Peter enjoyed the film but I didn’t.”
3) In short reply questions. You use a positive question after a positivestatement and a negative question after a negative statement.
Ex: A:“They play tennis every day.” B:“ Do they?”
A:“ He didn’t see that film. B:“Didn’t he?”
4) In short answers.
Ex: A:“Have you read that book?” B:“Not yet”
5) In sentences where the verb would be repeated in the infinitive form.
You can leave out the infinitive and you use to.
Ex: I’ve neverheard him sing, but I’d like to.
I never play basketball now, but I used to.
1 A: I didn’t know what to watch on Tv last night.
B: Neither ___ I.
2 I prefer to listen tothe radio and so ____ my wife.
3 A:I can really relax when the kids have gone to bed.
B: I’m afraid I ___
4 Sam and Mary don’t have a computer and neither ___ Jill....
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