"Speech is highly elliptical. It would scarcely be……" — Bergen Evans
"Speech is highly elliptical. It would scarcely be endurable otherwise. Ellipsis is indispensable to the writer or speaker who wants to be brief and pithy, but it can easily cause confusion and obscurity and must be used with skill."
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Bergen Evans
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