Positional subtypes of ellipsis and ellipsis of comparative clauses

Initial ellipsis

Iinitial elements are ellipted → e.g. I hope he’s there → Hope he’s there.

e.g. I think Odie is mistaken → Odie is mistaken.

Medial ellipsis

Medial elements are ellipted → e.g. Jill owns a Volvo and Fred owns a BMW. → Jill owns a Volvo and Fred a BMW.

Final ellipsis

Final elements are ellipted → e.g. If she works hard, I won’t have to work hard. → If she works hard, I won’t have to.

Ellipsis in comparative clauses

A subordinate clause (mellékmondat) which compares 2 people, condition or action using “than” or “as”

Equality comparison

Two clauses are linked with ‘as/so…as” → She is as tall as her sister. I

Inequality comparison

There is a comparative adjective/adverb in the subclause + than introducing the subclause → She is taller than her sister.