COMPRESSING IDEAS: ELLIPSES

Exercise 7. Rewrite the following sentences omitting whatever can be ellipted without change of meaning.

1. When you are in Rome, do as Rome does.

2. When he was pressed to take part in politics, he firmly declined.

3. There were no stores of boots that were readily available.

4. He threw himself from the horse and lay still as if he had been shot.

5. Any foreigner, however innocent he might be, was attacked.

6. If you were left alone on a desert island, what would you do first?

7. If other people are willing to make and use machines for my benefit, I am not less willing to let them make and use machines for my benefit.

8. I do not wish to take part in this protest, and I do not intend to take part in it.

9. Unless you are travelling by the couch, please let the Secretary know when you expect to arrive.

10. The castle, which was built in the 12 century, has dominated the valley ever since.

11. Much of the earth’s surface is formed by sedimentary rocks – that is to say, rocks which were formed by the deposition of sand, silt and clay.

1. Ellipsis is possible in noun phrases and prepositional phrases.

2. Ellipsis can be used to shorten long sentences and cumbersome sentences.

3. Sentences in legal documents and sentences in students’ essays are often too long.

4. For these reasons and other reasons it’s worth considering how to make sentences shorter.

5. Your experience and my experience are equally useful.

6. Your experience and your common sense are a great asset to us.

7. He has worked to the full extent of his obligations and beyond his obligations.

8. I do not write to a pre-arranged plot, and have never written to a pre-arranged plot.

Chapter 3

MAKING A TEXT

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