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Ellipsis: How to Omit Words and Speak English Naturally

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Index
0:01 Introduction
1:11 Short answers to yesno questions
1:50 "That" in noun clauses
2:51 Informal yesno questions with "you"
4:03 Informal statements in the first person
4:31 Informal statements with IT (be) and THERE (be)
4:51 Social niceties
5:10 Quiz 1
6:10 After modal verbs
6:55 Modals and semimodals with short forms
7:18 Full infinitives
7:42 "That" in adjective clauses
8:31 A series of items
8:50 Conjunctions
9:21 Quiz 2
10:52 More examples of ellipsis
12:06 Quiz 3
12:54 Proverbs and sayings
*NOTE: This presentation of patterns with ellipsis is NOT complete.

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SOURCES on ellipsis:
Biber D. et al. (2007). Longman grammar of spoken and written English. Essex: Pearson Education Limited.

Greenbaum S. and Quirk R. (1995). A student’s grammar of the English language. Essex: Longman Group UK Limited.

LarsenFreeman, D. and CelceMurcia, M. (2016). The grammar book. USA: National Geographic.

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