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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
The omission of a main verb
The protagonist was paralyzed by having been skewered by a poison needle.
I heard noises?rustlings, stirrings?coming from somewhere above and before me. I also became aware of a peculiar odor.
"I say, are you awake" This from the same direction as the sounds of movement.
["Trump of Doom" of The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny]
I think "came" is omitted before "from."
So I was wondering if I can omit any verb if only a listener/ reader can deduce it as in my example.
Thank you in advance for your help.
I heard noises?rustlings, stirrings?coming from somewhere above and before me. I also became aware of a peculiar odor.
"I say, are you awake" This from the same direction as the sounds of movement.
["Trump of Doom" of The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny]
I think "came" is omitted before "from."
So I was wondering if I can omit any verb if only a listener/ reader can deduce it as in my example.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
Nothing is omitted, You have the participle 'coming';
- Nothing is omitted, You have the participle 'coming';
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park sang joonThis [came] from the same direction ... I think "came" is omitted before "from."Yes, but not at the point in the text that you underscored. You might even hypothesize that "was" was omitted.
park sang joonSo I was wondering if I can omit any verb if only a listener/ reader can deduce it as in my example.No,
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