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I am absolutely sure I have met her somewhere before.
- Seen my gloves anywhere?
- They're at the kitchen.
She sang and played the violin at the same time. -You ready yet? -Yes. Ready now. Sorry to keep you waiting
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Auxiliary verbs
Textual ellipsis
Situational ellipsis
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Subjects and auxiliars
Articles
Textual ellipsis
We know that certain verbs can be followed by (that) we can omit it, we assume the writer or speakers wants us to understand the same meaning. -I knew (that) something terrible happened -Are you afraid (that) you won't get a job? The same happens when we do not repeat words in clauses connected with [and,so, but] the subject must be the same. -We went for a walk and (we) took some pictures. -Do you want to stay in or (do you want to) go out tonight?
Situational ellipsis
When we do not have to mention someone or something because it is obvious. Especially with the pronoun (I) This is quite informal: -(I) Wonder where Joe is? -Bye, (I) hope you have a good day. We can also omit a third person when it's so obvious what or who we are referring to: --I saw Janice in town. (she) said she's getting married next week. --Really? --Yeah, (she) met a guy at the laundromat and got engaged after a couple of weeks.
Subjects and auxiliars
- In informal conversation, we can leave out both a subject pronoun and the auxiliar verb at the beggining of a clause when the meaning is obvious. It's more common in questions.
::::(Have you) finished with the newspaper? ::::(I've) Lost my car keys. You seen them? :::::(Do you) want some coffe? ---Is there any? ::::: Yeah, (I've) just made some
auxiliary verbs
- In quesions, with the second person (you) we can leave out the auxiliary verb only:
°°(Have) you done what I told you? °°(Are) you going to the match on Saturday? We can also do the same in informal conversation in questions with third person noun subjects: #(Is) Richard coming tonight? #(Has) Claire bought a new car yet? She said she was going to
articles
- In informal conversation, we can sometimes omit articles (a_an_the) when they are obvious from the context and we use them at the beginning of a sentence.
#(The) Dog wants to go out, could you open the door? #What are you looking for? -(A) pen. CAn you see one anywhere? #8(The) Postman's just arrived. There's a letter for you.
Thanks.
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ELLIPSIS
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Look at this examples
I am absolutely sure I have met her somewhere before.
- Seen my gloves anywhere?
- They're at the kitchen.
She sang and played the violin at the same time. -You ready yet? -Yes. Ready now. Sorry to keep you waitingíndice
Escribe un subtítulo aquí
Auxiliary verbs
Textual ellipsis
Situational ellipsis
Questions with tags
Subjects and auxiliars
Articles
Textual ellipsis
We know that certain verbs can be followed by (that) we can omit it, we assume the writer or speakers wants us to understand the same meaning. -I knew (that) something terrible happened -Are you afraid (that) you won't get a job? The same happens when we do not repeat words in clauses connected with [and,so, but] the subject must be the same. -We went for a walk and (we) took some pictures. -Do you want to stay in or (do you want to) go out tonight?
Situational ellipsis
When we do not have to mention someone or something because it is obvious. Especially with the pronoun (I) This is quite informal: -(I) Wonder where Joe is? -Bye, (I) hope you have a good day. We can also omit a third person when it's so obvious what or who we are referring to: --I saw Janice in town. (she) said she's getting married next week. --Really? --Yeah, (she) met a guy at the laundromat and got engaged after a couple of weeks.
Subjects and auxiliars
- In informal conversation, we can leave out both a subject pronoun and the auxiliar verb at the beggining of a clause when the meaning is obvious. It's more common in questions.
::::(Have you) finished with the newspaper? ::::(I've) Lost my car keys. You seen them? :::::(Do you) want some coffe? ---Is there any? ::::: Yeah, (I've) just made someauxiliary verbs
- In quesions, with the second person (you) we can leave out the auxiliary verb only:
°°(Have) you done what I told you? °°(Are) you going to the match on Saturday? We can also do the same in informal conversation in questions with third person noun subjects: #(Is) Richard coming tonight? #(Has) Claire bought a new car yet? She said she was going toarticles
- In informal conversation, we can sometimes omit articles (a_an_the) when they are obvious from the context and we use them at the beginning of a sentence.
#(The) Dog wants to go out, could you open the door? #What are you looking for? -(A) pen. CAn you see one anywhere? #8(The) Postman's just arrived. There's a letter for you.Thanks.