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  2. Ellipsis (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, ellipsis (from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis) ' omission ') or an elliptical construction is 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.

  3. Rhetorical operations - Wikipedia

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    First, they observed that the so-called transposition operation can be redefined as a series of addition and omission operations, so they renamed it as "omission-addition". [9] They categorized the addition, omission and omission-addition operation as substantial operations , while they considered permutations as categorized permutation as ...

  4. Elision - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, an elision or deletion is the omission of one or more sounds (such as a vowel, a consonant, or a whole syllable) in a word or phrase.However, these terms are also used to refer more narrowly to cases where two words are run together by the omission of a final sound. [1]

  5. Error analysis (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    This kind of errors is committed through both of Omission and addition of some linguistic elements at the level of either the Spelling or grammar. A. Mahmoud (2014) provided examples based on a research conducted on written English of Arabic-speaking second year University students: Spelling: omission of silent letters:

  6. Zeugma and syllepsis - Wikipedia

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    The more usual way of phrasing this would be "Histories make men wise, poets make them witty, mathematics make them subtle, natural philosophy makes them deep, moral [philosophy] makes them grave, and logic and rhetoric make them able to contend." (Because ellipsis involves the omission of words, ambiguities can arise.

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    In April of 2023, CARB also voted on its advanced clean fleets rule, which will make all new medium and heavy-duty vehicles sold and registered to be zero emission by 2036, and all trucks to be ...

  8. Copula (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    The possibility of copula omission is mentioned under § Zero copula. A particular construction found in English (particularly in speech) is the use of two successive copulas when only one appears necessary, as in My point is, is that.... [17] The acceptability of this construction is a disputed matter in English prescriptive grammar.

  9. Joe Manganiello must eat 50 chicken nuggets in an hour to ...

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    "I know, I know. I owe Ben the chicken nuggets. I admit it."