Read the theoretical information about ellipsis in the textbook Essentials of Conversational English Grammar (p.p. 34-45). Do the exercises after it (p.p. 45-52). Find any fiction text you like which contains at least twenty cases of ellipsis and post it here as a comment. Underline or write in capital letters the parts of the text with ellipsis.
Here is some brief information about ellipsis:
Types of Ellipsis
Omitted elements:1) The subject expressed by:
a. 1st person pronoun
b. 2nd person pronoun
c. 3rd person pronoun
d. pronoun it
e. introductory subject there
2) Subject and part of the predicate:
a. I + auxiliary verb / link verb
b. he / she + auxiliary verb / link verb
c. in general questions part of the predicate (auxiliary verb / link verb)
d. in what-questions the subject and part of the predicate
e. introductory subject it and the link verb be
3) The subject and the whole predicate;
4) The whole predicate:
a. the entire predicate
b. in an adverbial clause of condition - pronouns anyone, no one, etc.
c. in comparative clauses
d. the semi-notional verb had.
Ellipsis takes place in different syntactic unities:
1) Statement and Question
2) Statement and Statement
Ellipsis in familiar style:
1) article
2) preposition
1. Ellipsis in Compound Sentences
2. Ellipsis in Complex Sentences
3. Ellipsis in Non-Restrictive Relative Clauses
4. Ellipsis in Comparative Clauses
5. Ellipsis Of the Infinitive Particle to
