AP English Language and Composition 7.3 Passage Drill
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AP English Language and Composition 7.3 Passage Drill. In what way is the following sentence from lines 14-17 and example of an ellipsis?
AP English Language and Composition | Passage Drill |
Grammar, Syntax, and Conventions of Written English | Grammatical and Syntactical Features |
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what way is the following sentence from lines fourteen Seventeen
an example of an ellipsis And here the potential answers
All right well splitting you know meeting and what else
rhymes with eating All right well this question is asking
us how the sentence is an example of any lips
is no which probably no orderly lips is is well
lips is could mean a bunch things but all the
variations have one thing in common leaving out words like
when you and your best friend can practically read each
other's minds you can figure out what she means without
her even saying it Then we have the lips is
that performed the task of omitted wards on a much
smaller scale like if we point to a piece of
old gum under our desk and say look at that
well we don't need to say what it is for
you to understand us and similar to leaving out one
word there's the exclusion of a non essential phrase like
when we say why do we have gross gum under
our desks And you don't well you confer that we
meant by you don't is you don't have growth gum
under your desk right You get the idea ellipses less
is more so let's get back to the question without
even reading the sentence There are a couple of choices
we can get rid of here Ellipsis is about the
art of brevity That means we can eliminate both a
and see which add rather than take away Now let's
check out sentence They don't really have anything that leaves
a big blank space for us filling on her own
so he doesn't fit The key phrase here is that
is after that is the author continues about common sense
without actually mentioned in common sense That means the answer's
b or to the wise don't try the less is
more trick on your parents when they tell you to
eat your veggies that is unless you like being sent 00:02:07.508 --> [endTime] to your room for fast No