Sentence structure
56 Ellipsis and substitution
B2structure
In short
Non ripetere quello che è già chiaro: lasciarlo cadere o sostituirlo.
si tiene solo l'ausiliare (he can't, I do) · si tiene to (I'd love to) · one / ones per un nome · so / not dopo think, hope, believe
- She can swim, but he can't.
- Would you like to come? — I'd love to.
- I prefer the blue one. — I think so. / I hope not.
Watch out: I think yes ✗ → I think so · I'd love ✗ → I'd love to · the red ✗ → the red one
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- 56.1Ellipsis
- 56.2Ellipsis in conversation
- 56.3Shortening infinitives
- 56.4Substitution with "one"
- 56.5Substitution with "do", "so" and "not"