ellipsis

An ellipsis is when a word or phrase is left out by the speaker/writer but is clearly implied.

I finished the race second, and he first.  [i.e. …and he finished first.]

I wanted the green one, not the red.    [i.e.   …I did not want the red one.]

Who broke the window?  I did.      [i.e.    …I did break the window.]

(Matt 20:28)  ὥσπερ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου οὐκ ἦλθεν διακονηθῆναι ἀλλὰ διακονῆσαι καὶ δοῦναι τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ λύτρον ἀντὶ πολλῶν         [i.e.  …ἀλλὰ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἦλθεν διακονῆσαι καὶ δοῦναι τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ λύτρον ἀντὶ πολλῶν.]

 

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