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Aditileo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Elide over

*elide" means to "leave out", so can it be followed by "over"?
e.g By failing to define the term vernacular, Mr. Shrivastava elides over the history of standerdisation in vernacular languages since teh onset of printing technology.
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aditileo Is this sentence correct? No. com/dictionary/american/elide

  • aditileo Is this sentence correct?
  • No.
  • com/dictionary/american/elide
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aditileoIs this sentence correct?
No. Elide means 'leave out a sound': http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/american/elide

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