wheredwhogo? said:now prof, i think you just took that snip out of his whole sentence. I think the point he was trying to make was that for all they know he could have had it on stands to get the speedo up just to get the high number...hmmmm ferris bueller comes to mind.....yikes!!!!!![]()
Yes you are correct. Did you notice the ellipsis before the words and after the words? An ellipsis indicates extraction of a phrase from a larger statement.
el⋅lip⋅sis
/ɪˈlɪpsɪs/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [i-lip-sis] Show IPA
–noun, plural -ses /-siz/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [-seez] Show IPA .
1. Grammar.
a. the omission from a sentence or other construction of one or more words that would complete or clarify the construction, as the omission of who are, while I am, or while we are from I like to interview people sitting down.
b. the omission of one or more items from a construction in order to avoid repeating the identical or equivalent items that are in a preceding or following construction, as the omission of been to Paris from the second clause of I've been to Paris, but they haven't.
2. Printing. a mark or marks as ——, …, or * * *, to indicate an omission or suppression of letters or words.
Origin:
1560–70; < L ellīpsis < Gk élleipsis an omission, equiv. to el- (var. of en- en- 2 ) + leip- (s. of leÃpein to leave) + -sis -sis
If nothing else I am...
