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ellipsis

elipse do sujeito

ellipsis of the subject

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The band state that the use of ellipsis both continues and separates a thought. en.wikipedia.org

The ellipsis appears to be contained inside its antecedent, which should result in an infinite regress and thus ungrammaticality. en.wikipedia.org

Jump cuts are avoided, since they can cause an ellipsis of the spatial or temporal kind. en.wikipedia.org

Auxiliary verbs can introduce verb phrase ellipsis, but main verbs can not. en.wikipedia.org

Both forms of transition (fade and dissolve) create an ambiguous measure of ellipsis that may constitute diagetic (narrative) days, months, years or even centuries. en.wikipedia.org

An ellipsis usually indicates pausing or abrupt interruption. en.wikipedia.org

In manga, the ellipsis by itself represents speechlessness, or a pregnant pause. en.wikipedia.org

Here, of course, the ellipsis means and so forth. en.wikipedia.org

An ellipsis may also imply an unstated alternative indicated by context. en.wikipedia.org

Ellipsis is a common procedure in film narrative, where movement and action unnecessary to the telling of a story will often be removed by editing. en.wikipedia.org

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