Elliptical structure
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The document explains elliptical structures, which condense sentences by omitting parts while retaining meaning. It outlines three types: positive + positive, negative + negative, and positive + negative, providing examples for each. Overall, it illustrates how to effectively combine sentences using these structures.
Elliptical structure
- 1. Created and presented by: Dera Frana Kusuma 6B
- 2. Elliptical structure is joining two sentences by omitting a part of sentences to make it shorter without changing the meaning. Definition
- 3. Three types of elliptical structure Positive sentence + Positive sentence Negative sentence + Negative sentence Positive sentence + Negative Sentence
- 4. POSITIVE + POSITIVE Pattern: Positive sentence, and + Subject + auxiliary + too Positive sentence, and + so + auxiliary + Subject.
- 5. EXAMPLE You bought a new book. She bought a new book. => You bought a new book, and she did too. => You bought a new book, and so did she.
- 6. NEGATIVE + NEGATIVE Pattern: Negative sentence, and + Subject + auxiliary + not + either. Negative sentence, and + neither + auxiliary + Subject.
- 7. EXAMPLE I don’t like smoking. He doesn’t like smoking. => I don’t like smoking, and he doesn’t either. => I don’t like smoking, and neither does he.
- 8. POSITIVE + NEGATIVE Pattern: Positive sentence, but + Subject + auxiliary + not. Negative sentence, but + Subject + auxiliary.
- 9. EXAMPLE Amir can play a guitar. Ali can’t play a guitar. => Amir can play a guitar, but Ali can’t. => Ali can’t play a guitar, but Amir can.
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