A bold ellipsis which would be inconsistent with common usage in English.] Cuélguese, les dijeron, la armadura en la plaza Mayor de la villa; que si el diablo la ocupa, fuerza le serà el abandonarla ó ahorcarse con ella.

14.Pronominal adjectives, when their nouns are not expressed, may be parsed as representing them in person, number, gender, and case; but those who prefer it, may supply the ellipsis, and parse the adjective, simply as an adjective.

But it seems to be pronominal, merely by ellipsis of the noun after it; although, unlike a mere adjective, it assumes the ending of the noun, to mark that ellipsis.

But it seems to be pronominal, merely by ellipsis of the noun after it; although, unlike a mere adjective, it assumes the ending of the noun, to mark that ellipsis.

It has a twofold relation, and is often used (by ellipsis of the noun) both as antecedent and as relative, in the form of a single word; being equivalent to that which, or the thing which,those which, or the things which.

" Words that are omitted by ellipsis, and that are necessarily understood in order to complete the construction, (and only such,) must be supplied in parsing.

But while we thus deny that there can be a true ellipsis of what is not necessary to the construction, it is not to be denied that there are true ellipses, and in some men's style very many.

"When a conjunction is to be supplied, the ellipsis is called Asyndeton.

"In the last clause there is an ellipsis of the verb; and, when you supply it, you find it necessary to use the adverb not, in lieu of no."Campbell and Murray cor.

"Almost all compound sentences are more or less elliptical; and some examples of ellipsis may be found, under nearly all the different parts of speech.

Or, without ellipsis: "Pylades and Orestes' souls did pass To these, if we believe Pythagoras."Cowley corrected.

"Sometimes a word, or several words, necessary to complete the grammatical construction of a sentence, are not expressed, but are omitted by ellipsis.

"Ellipsis, (better, Ellipses,) or abbreviations, are the wheels of language.

Or thus: "An ellipsis, or omission, of some words, is frequently admitted.

"The ellipsis, of articles may occur thus.

"In some very emphatical expressions, no ellipsis should be allowed.

"The following examples show that there may be an ellipsis of the pronoun.

"When the omission of a word would obscure the sense, weaken the expression, or be attended with impropriety, no ellipsis must be indulged.

"Ellipsis is an elegant suppression, or omission, of some word or words, belonging to a sentence."Brit.

"The Ellipsis, made thus , or thus ****, is used where some letters of a word, or some words of a verse, are omitted.

Lindley Murray and some others say, "As the ellipsis occurs in almost every sentence in the English language, numerous examples of it might be given.

They could, without doubt, have exhibited many true specimens of Ellipsis; but most of those which they have given, are only fanciful and false ones; and their notion of the frequency of the figure, is monstrously hyperbolical.

I write it as above on the authority of Littleton, Ainsworth, and some others; and this is according to the analogy of the kindred word ellipsis, which we never write either ellepsis, or, as the Greek, elleipsis.

This correction, as well as the others which relate to what Murray says of the several forms of ellipsis, doubtless conveys the sense which he intended to express; but, as an assertion, it is by no means true of all the examples which he subjoins, neither indeed are the rest.

Ellipsis is when you forget to kiss.