ELLIPTIC SENTENCES

A.      Elliptic Sentences adalah kalimat yang dibentuk dengan cara menghilangkan beberapa bagian kalimat yang memiliki kesamaan tanpa mengubah makna aslinya.

B.      Elliptic Sentences dapat dibentuk dengan berbagai cara antara lain:

1.       Penggunaan “Too” and “So”

a.       Elliptic Sentences dibentuk dengan “to be (is, am, are)” apabila kalimat yang digabungkan memiliki “to be”

-        He is taking a course in French. She is taking course in French

He is taking a course in French and she is too (and so is she)

b.       Elliptic Sentences dibentuk dengan “Modal (will, can, might) apabila kalimat yang digabungkan memiliki  “modal”

-        I will have an exam tomorrow. She will have an exam tomorrow

I will have an exam tomorrow and she will too (and so will she)

c.       Elliptic Sentences dibentuk dengan “do, does, did” apabila kalimat yang digabungkan tidak memiliki “to be” atau “modal”

-        They like reading novels. We like reading novels

They are like reading novels and we do too (and so do we)

C.       Penggunaan “Either” and “Neither”

Either and Neither digunakan untuk mengabungkan dua kalimat negative

-        He is not taking an English course. She is not taking an English course.

He is not taking an English course and she is not either (and neither is she)

-        John can not play the guitar. Jane can not play the guitar

John can’t play the guitar and Jane can’t either (and neither can’t Jane)

-        I didn’t forget your address. He didn’t forget your address

I didn’t forget your address and he didn’t either (and neither did he)

D.      Penggunaan “But”

But digunakan untuk menggabungkan dua kalimat yang berlawanan

-        He wasn’t very busy yesterday. I was very busy yesterday

He wasn’t very busy yesterday but I was

-        They watched television. We didn’t watch television

They watched television but we didn’t

E.      Penggunaan “Both…….And” (keduannya)

-        I eat the apple. I eat the grape

I eat both the apple and the grape