Language/English/Grammar/False-Ellipsis--(Part-2)
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More on Omission (False Ellipsis Part 2)
This is a continuation of the lesson on omission. It is advisable to go through that lesson before this for better understanding.
Rules Governing Omission[edit | edit source]
To be on a safe side, there are some rules that govern omission. These include:
- The word old should never be omitted when referring to age in this context:
- I am seven years. (wrong)
- I am seven years old. (correct)
- I am seven. (correct)
- ‘Better’ should not replace ‘had better’ in this context:
- Better release the bird. (wrong)
- You had better release the bird. (correct)
- ‘The day’, ‘the week’ used in the context below should not be omitted.
- I’ll return week after next.
- I'll return the week after next
- Do not omit ‘a’ or ‘one’ before words like ‘hundred and ‘thousand’ where necessary.
- Thousand years make a millennium. (wrong)
- A thousand years make a millennium. (correct)
- There are hundred cents in a dollar. (wrong)
- There are a hundred cents in a dollar. (correct)
- The article ‘the’ should always precede the names of nationalities.
Japanese are a people.
**The Japanese are a people.
More rules will be considered in subsequent lessons.
Other Lessons[edit | edit source]
- Possible Positions of Adverbs of Time in a Sentence
- Beside and Besides
- INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
- Collocations with catch
- The Hyphen and The Dash (Part 2)
- GERUNDS
- Subjunctive mood
- Mass noun
- Collocations with pay
- RELATIVE PRONOUNS