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grammarizkewl:
It was tense.
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I was reading a post, and person1 said person2 didn’t finish person2’s sentence because person2 left something out. Well, I think person1 was kidding about the not finishing the sentence. Anyway, although person2 left something out, it is still a sentence, a complete thought, and grammatically correct.
Does anyone remember Mr. Marquez’s lesson on elliptical clauses? Of course not. He taught it somewhat incorrectly anyway, so it doesn’t matter. An elliptical clause is a clause in which certain words are left out. But the clause’s meaning can still be understood because of the logic of the entire sentence. “I have one million pandas; everyone else, zero,” is one example of a sentence with an elliptical clause. The second clause was devoid of “has” and “pandas,” but you still know about what I was talking. But don’t go and use this ambiguously and stupidly. “Abcde wants Harry Potter; Lmnop wants Mr. Spock; Vwxyz, also,” is not correct.
Warning: The elliptical clause is not something people use very, very often in writing. Use it sparingly, more for style. Like the em dash. Don’t over use that either. I taught my friend what it is, and how to use it. Of course, he’s using it all the time now, even four or five times in a single post. Hey, you, smooth guy! Stop using my em dash so damn much! Or at lest use it correctly if you are (another example of an elliptical clause, haha) …
BOO. It doesn’t even put spaces between each period. At least Microsoft Office Word automatically corrects to thin spaces. But I like my normal spaces. Well, okay both thin and normal spaces between each period are correct, but normal spaces between each period is used in MLA and legal documents. MLA and legal documentation > Chicago Manual of Style in my opinion. Plus, normal spaces is the more antiquated form, and I like old-fashioned.
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