From 112691b54f274d03defcc0e9aa50a2a8b38a2ef1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Susan Quigley Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2018 18:13:12 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Issue 49 Ellipsis Definition --- translate/figs-ellipsis/01.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/translate/figs-ellipsis/01.md b/translate/figs-ellipsis/01.md index 576904e..c9bd89f 100644 --- a/translate/figs-ellipsis/01.md +++ b/translate/figs-ellipsis/01.md @@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ Ellipsis is the omission of words that would normally be needed to make a sentence complete, but they are understood either by convention or because they were already used in a previous phrase. -Here are two sentences whose missing words are understood by convention. English speakers normally use the shorter forms. +Here are two examples of elliptical sentences whose missing words are understood by convention. English speakers normally use the shorter forms. * "Fire when ready" means "Fire when you are ready." * "Back to the drawing board" means "We need to go back to the drawing board." -Here are three sentences whose missing words were already used in a previous phrase. +Here are three examples of elliptical sentences whose missing words were already used in a previous phrase. * "I drank water, and Bob milk" means "I drank water, and Bob drank milk. * "I drank water, not milk" means "I drank water; I did not drink milk. * "I drank water, and Tom did, too" means "I drank water, and Tom drank water, too."