Dipsik  +  555485 Sat, 16 Aug 08 12:45 PM Still, I don´t think ellipsis entitles you to omit a suffix that logically belongs to a word in a particular sentence. I´m quite positive that the only correct form of the word in this paricular sentence is SERIOUSLY. Dipsik Joined on Thu, Aug 14 2008 Brno, Czech Republic Junior Member 64 Essays

	26TMNTJG2PG  +  555545 Sat, 16 Aug 08 04:49 PM Dipsik “Still, I don´t think ellipsis entitles you to omit a suffix that logically belongs to a word in a particular sentence.”              You seem to have learned or come across some rule/s how ellipsis should work. Now, look at the following two adjoining sentences taken from a reference book compiled/contributed/edited by twelve experts in English, about half of whom are PhD holders:- "Even the experienced writer, to whom all the tricks and pitfalls are second nature, loses concentration at his peril. For the inexperienced writer, all the more so." If the second sentence is made to stand on its own not because of ellipsis, please advise for my enlightenment. If it is, does it conform to the rule/s you have learned or come across? 26TMNTJG2PG Joined on Wed, Apr 23 2008 Full Member 266 Essays, Whom

	Dipsik  +  555551 Sat, 16 Aug 08 05:19 PM Dear friend, I do not in the least object to ellipsis as such, and all the English experts you´ve mentioned have my deepest appreciation. However, any single word in what you´ve written doesn´t oppose my opinion. Could you please write here an excerpt from your book that unambiguously says it´s possible to put away a part of a word ? In other words, on what grounds did you omit the suffix -ly ? Dipsik Essays

	26TMNTJG2PG  +  555796 Sun, 17 Aug 08 11:10 AM Dipsik “Could you please write here an excerpt from your book that unambiguously says it´s possible to put away a part of a word ? ” I can't because there is no such rule. I just want to list below another sentence (where ellipsis is at work) which, hopefully, will explain the matter.   I like to interview people sitting down.  Here the omitted words can be 'who are', 'while I am' or 'while we are'; and one of such groups must, however, be added in after 'people' to make the sentence meaningful. The sentence is taken from    Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. in http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ellipsis.  26TMNTJG2PG Essays, Interviews

	Dipsik  +  556142 Mon, 18 Aug 08 02:17 PM There´s no need to explain the rule to me, my friend. I just wonder why you don´t keep to the point and admit you were wrong saying: ...the streets were flooded but not serious enough... The correct form of the word is "SERIOUSLY", which has nothing whatsoever to do with ellipsis. It´s just a simple grammatical rule, nothing more. Best L. Dipsik Essays