Elliptical Structure

Created and presented by:Dera Frana Kusuma

6B

Elliptical structure is joining two sentences by omitting a part of sentences to make it shorter without changing the meaning.

Definition

Three types of elliptical structure

Positive sentence+

Positive sentence

Negative sentence+

Negative sentence

Positive sentence+

Negative Sentence

POSITIVE + POSITIVE

Pattern:Positive sentence, and + Subject + auxiliary + tooPositive sentence, and + so + auxiliary + Subject.

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.

NEGATIVE + NEGATIVE

Pattern:

Negative sentence, and + Subject + auxiliary + not + either.

Negative sentence, and + neither + auxiliary + Subject.

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.

POSITIVE + NEGATIVE

Pattern:Positive sentence, but + Subject + auxiliary + not.Negative sentence, but + Subject + auxiliary.

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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