PEMBAHASAN ELLIPTICAL SENTENCE DAN CONTOH KALIMAT
STRUCTURE
ELLIPTICAL SENTENCE
Elliptical
adalah penghilangan kata atau sejumlah kata dari suatu kalimat yang bertujuan
agar kalimat menjadi lebih pendek dan
lebih baik susunanya.
1. POSITIVE ELLIPTIC
Apabila dalam
sebuah kalimat positif kita mendapati predikat yang sama, maka kita sebaiknya
menggunakan kata “too” atau ”so” yang artinya juga.
Perhatikan cara
menggabungkan beberapa kalimat dibawah ini agar menjadi lebih singkat dan
tersusun rapi, namum tidak merubah arti sama sekali.
Pola:
Too : Subject
1 + auxiliary 1+ predicate (verb/non-verb) +and + subject 2+ auxiliary 2+, too.
So : Subject 1 +
auxiliary 1+ predicate (verb/non-verb) +and + so+ auxiliary 2+ subject 2.
2. NEGATIVE ELLIPTICAL
Apabila
dalam sebuah kalimat negative kita mendapati predikat yang sama, maka kita
sebaiknya menggunakan kata “either” atau “neither” yang artinya “juga tidak”.
Pola:
Either : Subject
1 + auxiliary 1+ not+ predicate (verb/non-verb) +and + subject 2+ auxiliary 2+
not+ either.
Neither : Subject
1 + auxiliary 1+ not+ predicate (verb/non-verb) +and + neither+ auxiliary 2+
subject 2.
3. CONTRARY ELLIPTIC
Untuk
sususan yang berlawanan, kita dapat menggunakan kata “but” yang artinya
“tetapi”:
Pola:
Too : Subject
1 + auxiliary 1+ predicate (verb/non-verb) +but+ subject 2+ auxiliary 2+ not.
So : Subject 1 +
auxiliary 1+ not+ predicate (verb/non-verb) +but + subject 2+ auxiliary 2.
4. Either … Or/ Neither … Nor
Example:
1. He is busy and I am too.
He is busy and so am I.
2. Mary is beautiful and you
are too.
Mary is beautiful and so are you.
3. My brother can swill well and you
can too.
My brother can swim well and so can you.
4. Alex buys a new car and Henry
does too.
Alex buys a new car and so does Henry.
5. Jack went to Bali and William
did too.
Jack went to Bali and so did William.
6. I will go to Singapore and you
will too.
I will go to Singapore and so will you.
7. Ed doesn’t like Mango and Al
doesn’t either.
Ed doesn’t like Mango and neither does Al.
8. My father won’t come there and I won’t either.
My father won’t come there and neither will I.
9. She never comes here and he
doesn’t either.
She never comes here and neither does he.
10. She is not a doctor and I am
not either.
She is not a doctor and neither am I.
11. Sinta is not smart and Dony
is not either.
Sinta is not smart and neither is Dony.
12. He wasn’t ill and I wasn’t
either.
He wasn’t ill and neither was I.
13. Stephanie is clever but her
sister isn’t.
14. She doesn’t have a pen but I
do.
15. Rindy bought a new pair of shoes but Sinta didn’t.
16. I don’t like smoking but he
does.
17. Arifah is a student but
Fatimah isn’t.
18. I will borrow a book in the public library but Nisa won’t.
19. Either John or Toni is
watching TV now.
20. Either my sister or my mother sweeps the floor
every morning.
21. Neither john nor tony is
watching TV now.
22. Neither my sister nor my mother
sweeps the floor every morning.
23. I will either play games
or sing a song tomorrow.
24. Rina is neither smart nor stupid.
25. Yesterday, I neither
slept nor ate.
