Eliptical Sentence ialah menggabungkan dua kalimat yang sama menjadi satu kalimat dengan menggunakan kata : Too, So, Either, Neither.
1. Too and So (juga)
Digunakan untuk menggabungkan dua buah kalimat positive.
Rumus :
S + Tobe + Adj/Ident + And + S + Tobe + Too
S + Tobe + Adj/Ident + And + So + Tobe + S
Ex :
my mother is beautiful
my aunt is beautiful
- my mother is beautiful and my aunt is too
- my mother is beautiful and so is my aunt
Ichsan is clever
Hafiz is clever
- Ichsan is clever and hafiz is too
- Ichsan is clever and so is hafiz
they were rich last time
we were rich last time
- they were rich last time and we were too
- they were rich last time and so were we
* Pemakaian dalam verb
Rumus ;
S + Tobe + Obj/Ket + And + S + Kata bantu + Too
S + Tobe + Obj/Ket + And + So + Kata bantu + S
Ex :
I like mango
she likes mango
- I like mango and he does too
- I like mango and so he does he
I love him
you love him
- I love him and you do too
- I love him and so do you
my father will go to England
your father will go to England
- my father will go to England and your father will go too
- my father will go to England and so will your father
2. Either and Neither (juga tidak)
Digunakan untuk menggabungkan dua buah kalimat negative.
* Penggunaan dalam adjective atau Identity
Rumus :
S + Tobe + Not + Adj/Ident + And + S + Tobe + Not + Either
S + Tobe + Not + Adj/Ident + And + Neither + Tobe + S
Ex :
I am not stupid
you are not stupid
- I am not stupid and you are not either
- I am not stupid and neither are you
my house is not white
his house is not white
- my house is not white and his house is not either
- my house is not white and neither is his house
Reza is not lecturer
Reski is not lecturer
- Reza is not a lecturer and Reski is not either
- Reza is not a lecturer and neither is Reski
* Pemakaian dalam verb
Rumus :
S + Kata bantu + Verb + Obj + And + So + Kata bantu + Not + Either
S + Kata bantu + Verb + Obj + And + Neither + Kata bantu + S
Ex :
I don't like frog
you don't like frog
- I don't like frog and you do not either
- I don't like frog and neither do you
you didn't meet me yesterday
he didn't meet me yesterday
- you did not meet me yesterday and he did not either
- you did not meet me yesterday and neither did he
we shall not buy a new car
they will not buy a new car
- we shall not buy a new car and they will not either
- we shall not buy a new car and neither will they
* Pemakaian dalam modal auxiliary (can, may, must, should)
Rumus :
S + Modal + Verb + Obj + And + S + Modal + Too
S + Modal + Verb + Obj + And + So + Modal + S
S + Modal + Not + Verb + Obj + And + S + Modal + Not either
S + Modal + Not + Verb + Obj + And + Neither + Modal + S
Ex :
I can speak english
she can speak english
- I can speak english and she can too
- I can speak english and so can she
they can not speak english
he can not speak english
- they can not speak english and she can not either
- they can not speak english and neither can she
Note :
Kalimat yang bisa digabungkan adalah kalimat yang :
- sama bentuknya (positive sama positive)
- sama berhubungan (like sama like)
- sama tensenya (present sama present)
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