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Examples of ellipsis
ellipsis
A telling ellipsis as is often the case with these strategically vague gestures.
From the guardian.co.uk
There are numerous distinct types of ellipsis acknowledged in theoretical syntax.
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Most experts would agree, however, that most of the nine are in fact ellipsis.
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Of the various ellipsis mechanisms, null complement anaphora is the least studied.
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That's an odd exclamation point to a Bennett sentence that should end in ellipsis.
From the time.com
I'd replace the ellipsis with a dash, but that's a matter of taste, of style.
From the swampland.blogs.time.com
His gaze seemed to ricochet against the world and back into the ellipsis of itself.
From the timesunion.com
Note that brackets clarify abbreviations and ellipsis marks omitted usage examples.
From the en.wikipedia.org
In most of the cases this phenomenon, is caused by simple ellipsis of nominal forms.
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- Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences
- Ellipsis is an album by Scorn, originally released in 1995 on Earache Records. It was remastered along with Evanescence and released as a two disc set in 2009.
- In linguistics, ellipsis (from the Greek: u1F14u03BBu03BBu03B5u03B9u03C8u03B9u03C2, u00E9lleipsis, "omission") or elliptical construction refers to the omission from a clause of one or more words that are nevertheless understood in the context of the remaining elements. There are numerous distinct types of ellipsis acknowledged in theoretical syntax. This article provides an overview of them...
- Ellipsis is the narrative device of omitting a portion of the sequence of events, allowing the reader to fill in the narrative gaps.
- A technical term for leaving out words in sentences. For example, in Brian ate the ice-cream and Judy the peaches, there is ellipsis, since the word ate is omitted after Judy.
- Three equally spaced periods, used to indicate omitted or missing material, especially in quoted text.
- A series of three dots used to indicate missing copy when placed between two sentences or phrases. They are commonly used when bits or quips of information are being taken from a longer quotation. ...
- A mark or series of marks (. . .) used in writing or printing to indicate an omission, especially of letters or words. It can also indicate continuing thought.
- The omission of words in a sentence needed to complete an idea explicitly. "I took my son to the barber and my daughter to the hairdresser."
