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The following exchange is correct. -- Shall I wake him? -- If it's not too early. It assumes the answer is Yes, wake him if it's not too early. The omission of a group of words that can be understood from context is called ellipsis. If it's not too early, on its own, is not a...

Hi Giga_d, and welcome to the forum. You asked a very mixed-bag of questions, including word choice, debating techniques, and logic. Not to mention political views. I'm not quite sure how attaining a state of pregnancy is a non-action - many will argue that it's happened only once before,...

How is the phrase "that is," meaning "namely," properly used and punctuated in the following sentence:"In support of my argument, I submit, as I did previously, that Report IV is flawed for the same reason that Reports I through III were flawed, that is, it was not signed by a supervisor."A...