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Issue 97 Examples - Ellipsis 

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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 <u>you are</u> ready."
 * "Back to the drawing board" means "<u>We need to go</u> back to the drawing board."

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 <u>drank</u> milk.
  * "I drank water, not milk" means "I drank water; <u>I did</u> not <u>drink</u> milk.
  * "I drank water, and Tom did, too" means "I drank water, and Tom <u>drank water</u>, too."
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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. 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 examples of elliptical sentences whose missing words are understood by convention. English speakers normally use the shorter forms.
* "Fire when ready" means "Fire when <u>you are</u> ready."
* "Back to the drawing board" means "<u>We need to go</u> back to the drawing board."
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 <u>drank</u> milk.
* "I drank water, not milk" means "I drank water; <u>I did</u> not <u>drink</u> milk.
* "I drank water, and Tom did, too" means "I drank water, and Tom <u>drank water</u>, too."
### Reasons this is a translation issue ### Reasons this is a translation issue
Readers who see incomplete sentences or phrases may not know what the missing information is if they do not use ellipsis in their language. Readers who see incomplete sentences or phrases may not know what the missing information is if they do not use ellipsis in their language.