Intermediate English Grammar

Elliptical Contruction
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Group 1

Fariz Syawaludin

Gathut Mukti

Leni Nurlela

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Elliptical Contraction
merupakan proses penggabungan dua buah kalimat yang berbeda subject tetapi
memiliki verb dan complement yang sama menjadi sebuah kalimat.
contoh:
• They go to school.
• I go to school.
ketika digabung dengan menggunakan elliptical construction, menjadi
• They go to school, and so do I.

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Fungsi Elliptical Contraction
Digunakannya Elliptical Construction dalam kalimat bertujuan agar tidak
terjadi pengulangan kata yang dianggap tidak efektif.

Dengan adanya penggunaan Elliptical Construction ini, penyusunan kalimat

menjadi lebih efektif dan sarat makna serta lebih singkat dan padat.
Tipe Elliptical Contraction

Ada tiga macam tipe elliptical contraction

• elliptical construction positive (kalimat affirmative)
• elliptical construction negative (kalimat negative)
• elliptical construction contrary (kalimat affirmative dan negative dengan
makna berlawanan)

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Elliptical Construction Positive
Positive (too & so)
Elliptical construction positive adalah proses penggabungan dua buah kalimat positif (affirmative) yang
memiliki predikat (verb) yang sama dan objek dan pelengkap yang sama pula.
Elliptical construction positive ditandai dengan penggunaan too dan so.
Pola
Pola penyusunan elliptical construction positive dengan too & so

Affirmative sentence dengan be (am,is,are,was,were)(nominal)

and Subject + to be + too

Affirmative sentence  dengan be
and so + to be + Subject

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Elliptical Construction Positive

Contoh:

• Emily is beautiful.
• Cathy is beautiful.
→ Emily is beautiful, and Cathy is too
→ Emily is beautiful, and so is Cathy.
• Clark is studying right now.
• Ethan is studying right now.
→ Clark is studying right now, and Ethan is too.
→ Clark is studying right now, and so is Ethan.

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Elliptical Construction Positive

Affirmative sentence dengan auxiliary atau modal

Subject + auxiliary/modal
and
Affirmative sentence  dengan auxiliary/modal + too
and so + auxiliary/modal + Subject
Contoh:
• Emily can speak English.
• Cathy can speak English.
→ Emily can speak English, and Cathy can too.
→ Emily can speak English, and so can Cathy.
• Clark has finished his task.
• Ethan has finished his task.
→ Clark has finished his task, and Ethan has too.
→ Clark has finished his task, and so has Ethan.

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Elliptical Construction Positive
Affirmative sentence dengan verb selain be (verbal)
and Subject + do/does/did + too
Affirmative sentence  dengan verb selain be (verbal)
and so +  do/does/did + Subject

Contoh:

• Emily speaks English.

• Cathy speaks English.
→ Emily speaks English, and Cathy does too.
→ Emily speaks English, and so does Cathy.

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Elliptical Construction Negative
Elliptical construction negative adalah proses penggabungan dua buah kalimat negatif (negative)
yang memiliki predikat (verb) yang sama dan objek dan pelengkap yang sama pula.
Elliptical construction negative ditandai dengan penggunaan either dan neither
Pola
Pola penyusunan elliptical construction negative dengan either dan neither
Negative sentence dengan be (am, is, are, was, were) (nominal)

and Subject + to be + not + either

Negative sentence  dengan be
and neither + to be + Subject

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Elliptical Construction Negative
Contoh:
• Emily is not a teacher.
• Cathy is not a teacher.
→ Emily is not a teacher, and Cathy is not either.
→ Emily is not a teacher, and neither is Cathy.

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Elliptical Construction Negative
Negative sentence dengan auxiliary/modal

Subject + auxiliary/modal + not

and
Negative sentence  dengan auxiliary/modal + either
and neither + to be + Subject

Contoh:
• Emily can’t speak English.
• Cathy can’t speak English.
→ Emily can’t speak English, and Cathy can’t either.
→ Emily can’t speak English, and neither can Cathy.

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Elliptical Construction Negative

Negative sentence dengan verb selain be

(verbal) and Subject + do/does/did + not + either
Negative sentence  dengan verb selain be
and neither + do/does/did + Subject

Contoh:
• Emily doesn’t speak English.
• Cathy doesn’t speak English.
→ Emily doesn’t speak English, and Cathy doesn’t either.
→ Emily doesn’t speak English, and neither does Cathy.

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Elliptical Construction Contrary
Elliptical construction contrary adalah proses penggabungan dua buah kalimat yang
tidak setara, jika satu kalimat positif (affirmative) maka kalimat yang lain adalah
kalimat negatif (negative)
Elliptical construction contrary ditandai dengan penggunaan but
Pola
Pola penyusunan elliptical construction contrary dengan but
Positive sentence:
Negative sentence but
Subject + be/auxiliary/modal/(do/does/did)
Negative sentence:
Positive sentence but Subject + be/auxiliary/modal/(do/does/did) +
not

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Elliptical Construction Contrary

Contoh:

• I am not good in Math.

• She is good in Math.
→ I am not good in Math, but she is.
• I wrote a letter yesterday.
• He didn’t write a letter yesterday.
→ I wrote a letter yesterday, but he didn’t.

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March 20, 2023
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