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MRMKHS1 | 01:02 Fri 13th Oct 2006 | Phrases & Sayings
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can anyone give me an example of elliptic speech or an elliptical sentence please?
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An ellipsis is the omission of a word or phrase necessary for a complete syntactical construction but not necessary for understanding;

e.g. "I'm happy if you are" instead of "I'm happy if you are happy".


Of course, you must be wary of badly constructed elliptical sentences as these can lead to ambiguity;

e.g. "Peter likes to drink Port, Sherry too".

Does this mean "Peter likes to drink Sherry too" or "Sherry likes to drink Port too"?
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