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Pragmatic conditions
First, you need to chop the onions, and then fry . (Substitution using a pronoun) / First, chop the onions and then fry them . (Ellipsis of the subject/modal) ellipsis and substitution grammar exercises pdf
Ellipsis and Substitution Exercises | PDF | Syntax | Grammar - Scribd (Answer key on final page) Pragmatic conditions First,
Paraphrase with no ellipsis: a) She can dance, and he can too. → She can dance, and he can dance as well. b) They spoke to someone, but I don’t know who. → They spoke to someone, but I don’t know who they spoke to. → She can dance, and he can dance as well
"My brother bought a blue car, and I bought a red [car]."
This is the art of "leaving it out." If the meaning is clear from the context, you just delete the repeated word. Example: "I love tennis, and you [love tennis] too".