about eclipsis
Hi,

for the sentence below,

“some perceive wealth as the embodiment of success, while others perceive good reputation as the embodiment of success.”

if I would like to leave out the repetitive parts, is the following sentence correct?

“some perceive wealth as the embodiment of success, while others, good reputation.”

thanks a lot

Question

about eclipsis
Hi,

for the sentence below,

“some perceive wealth as the embodiment of success, while others perceive good reputation as the embodiment of success.”

if I would like to leave out the repetitive parts,  is the following sentence correct?

“some perceive wealth as the embodiment of success, while others, good reputation.”

thanks a lot

Answer

“some perceive wealth as the embodiment of success, while others perceive good reputation.”

I might repeat the word perceive to maintain clarity.

Answer

Thanks!

Answer

Hi Hua Yang, linguistically it’s ok but you need to use three dots to show where you’ve taken words out of the middle: “while others...good reputation”. Hope this helps!

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