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Sesquipedalian101 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Ellipsis before an Adjective
Please take a look at the following sentence:
"A Special Police Officer or a member of the Vigilante Corps authorised in writing by a police officer not below the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police may arrest the accused..."
I was told that "authorised" is a past participle that is functioning as an adjective phrase. Am I, therefore, right to say that there is an ellipsis between "Corps" and "authorised"? That is, the copular verb "is" and the pronoun "who" are omitted there? And that it is the copular verb that makes "authorised" adjectival?
"A Special Police Officer or a member of the Vigilante Corps authorised in writing by a police officer not below the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police may arrest the accused..."
I was told that "authorised" is a past participle that is functioning as an adjective phrase. Am I, therefore, right to say that there is an ellipsis between "Corps" and "authorised"? That is, the copular verb "is" and the pronoun "who" are omitted there? And that it is the copular verb that makes "authorised" adjectival?
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" The words "who is" are omitted for brevity and convenience and are understood from the context. Ellipsis is very frequently encountered in English - if a construction in English doesn't seem to be analyzable grammatically (like in the given sentence), this is probably because ellipsis is used.
- " The words "who is" are omitted for brevity and convenience and are understood from the context.
- Ellipsis is very frequently encountered in English - if a construction in English doesn't seem to be analyzable grammatically (like in the given sentence), this is probably because ellipsis is used.
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Yes, the full sentence would be something like: "A Special Police Officer or member of the Vigilante Corps, who is authorized in writing by a police officer not below the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police, may arrest the accused." The words "who is" are omitted for brevity and convenience and are understood from the context. Ellipsis is very frequently encountered in English - if a con
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SelvakumarI was told that "authorised" is a past participle that is functioning as an adjective phrase. Am I, therefore, right to say that there is an ellipsis between "Corps" and "authorised"? That is, the copular verb "is" and the pronoun "who" are omitted there? And that it is the copular verb that makes "authorised" adjectival?Correct. It's so common tha
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