Could “there are” be removed in the following sentence?
It is possible that there are more younger, inexperienced, or more elderly, unsafe drivers in Forestville than (there are) in Elmsford.
Hi, could the (there are) be removed?
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It is possible that there are more younger, inexperienced, or more elderly, unsafe drivers in Forestville than (there are) in Elmsford.
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Sure. It's even better if you do that.
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Hi Mark, welcome to EL&U. We would normally expect a bit more in a question - in particular, why you think "there are" can't be removed - and what research you've done before asking here. For further guidance, see How to Ask and take the EL&U Tour. :-)
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It is possible that there are more younger, inexperienced, or more elderly, unsafe drivers in Forestville than (there are) in Elmsford.
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Sure. It's even better if you do that.
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Hi Mark, welcome to EL&U. We would normally expect a bit more in a question - in particular, why you think "there are" can't be removed - and what research you've done before asking here. For further guidance, see How to Ask and take the EL&U Tour. :-)
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Sure. It's even better if you do that.
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Hi Mark, welcome to EL&U. We would normally expect a bit more in a question - in particular, why you think "there are" can't be removed - and what research you've done before asking here. For further guidance, see How to Ask and take the EL&U Tour. :-)
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Sure. It's even better if you do that.
– Robusto
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Sure. It's even better if you do that.
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Hi Mark, welcome to EL&U. We would normally expect a bit more in a question - in particular, why you think "there are" can't be removed - and what research you've done before asking here. For further guidance, see How to Ask and take the EL&U Tour. :-)
– Chappo
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Hi Mark, welcome to EL&U. We would normally expect a bit more in a question - in particular, why you think "there are" can't be removed - and what research you've done before asking here. For further guidance, see How to Ask and take the EL&U Tour. :-)
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Yes.
We could argue that the sentence has already had similar parts removed: '...that there are more younger... or [that there are] more elderly...'.
As long as the sentence has a strong enough structure that the the reader can predict, removing such parts is relatively safe.
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Yes, it can. It is one form of comparative ellipsis that can happen in than-clauses.The first example in the link.
It is not an obligatory rule like comparative deletion or comparative subdeletion, but an optional one.
This one is called gapping.
Since Wikipedia is not a primary source, you can use instead this article in the Linguistic Inquiry journal, pubished by MIT press. Case (3) in the article, in which a second instance of the verb is optionally omitted to avoid repetition.
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Yes.
We could argue that the sentence has already had similar parts removed: '...that there are more younger... or [that there are] more elderly...'.
As long as the sentence has a strong enough structure that the the reader can predict, removing such parts is relatively safe.
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Yes.
We could argue that the sentence has already had similar parts removed: '...that there are more younger... or [that there are] more elderly...'.
As long as the sentence has a strong enough structure that the the reader can predict, removing such parts is relatively safe.
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Yes.
We could argue that the sentence has already had similar parts removed: '...that there are more younger... or [that there are] more elderly...'.
As long as the sentence has a strong enough structure that the the reader can predict, removing such parts is relatively safe.
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Yes.
We could argue that the sentence has already had similar parts removed: '...that there are more younger... or [that there are] more elderly...'.
As long as the sentence has a strong enough structure that the the reader can predict, removing such parts is relatively safe.
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Yes, it can. It is one form of comparative ellipsis that can happen in than-clauses.The first example in the link.
It is not an obligatory rule like comparative deletion or comparative subdeletion, but an optional one.
This one is called gapping.
Since Wikipedia is not a primary source, you can use instead this article in the Linguistic Inquiry journal, pubished by MIT press. Case (3) in the article, in which a second instance of the verb is optionally omitted to avoid repetition.
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Yes, it can. It is one form of comparative ellipsis that can happen in than-clauses.The first example in the link.
It is not an obligatory rule like comparative deletion or comparative subdeletion, but an optional one.
This one is called gapping.
Since Wikipedia is not a primary source, you can use instead this article in the Linguistic Inquiry journal, pubished by MIT press. Case (3) in the article, in which a second instance of the verb is optionally omitted to avoid repetition.
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Yes, it can. It is one form of comparative ellipsis that can happen in than-clauses.The first example in the link.
It is not an obligatory rule like comparative deletion or comparative subdeletion, but an optional one.
This one is called gapping.
Since Wikipedia is not a primary source, you can use instead this article in the Linguistic Inquiry journal, pubished by MIT press. Case (3) in the article, in which a second instance of the verb is optionally omitted to avoid repetition.
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Yes, it can. It is one form of comparative ellipsis that can happen in than-clauses.The first example in the link.
It is not an obligatory rule like comparative deletion or comparative subdeletion, but an optional one.
This one is called gapping.
Since Wikipedia is not a primary source, you can use instead this article in the Linguistic Inquiry journal, pubished by MIT press. Case (3) in the article, in which a second instance of the verb is optionally omitted to avoid repetition.
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