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Steves5a Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

"and omitted" and reversal"

Is there anyone that would be able to explain to me the "and omitted" and "reversal" test. Please give examples. I have never heard of this rule of English before.





Thanks



Steven

  

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Nor I, Steve-- any more info you can give me about those 'tests' that might ring a bell? ' ('Bob and' omitted) Omitting the phrase makes the choice clear. " (reversal of 'Bob' and 'she/her' makes the choice clear.

— Mister Micawber

  • Nor I, Steve-- any more info you can give me about those 'tests' that might ring a bell?
  • ' ('Bob and' omitted) Omitting the phrase makes the choice clear.
  • " (reversal of 'Bob' and 'she/her' makes the choice clear.
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Nor I, Steve-- any more info you can give me about those 'tests' that might ring a bell?


This couldn't possibly be the tests for pronoun case, could it?--

'Have you seen Bob and she/her?'
'Have you seen she/her?' ('Bob and' omitted) Omitting the phrase makes the choice clear.

'Have you seen Bob and she/her?'
'Have you seen she/her
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This is what I have found out, however not too sure about how you would use each of them in a sentence

When using two adjectives to describe the same noun, you need to decide whether a comma is needed between them. The first test is:

The "and ommited" test

The "reversal" test imagine the adjectives reversed.

Sorry about responding this late, I was away from my s
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I came upon a sentence in a newspaper article today. It reads:

'Consumer DVD recorders use the same, smaller number of bits for each frame, regardless of detail.'

Here, a comma is needed because the two adjectives both modify 'number'. It can be rewritten as:

'Consumer DVD recorders use the same and a smaller number of bits for each frame, regardl
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