ELLIPTICAL STRUCTURE

ELLIPTICAL STRUCTURE

Elliptical Structure adalah bentuk kalimat majemuk gabungan setara, terjadinya penghilangan  bagian predikat yang sama dari suatu kalimat

1. Gabungan Setara

Gabungan setara menggunakan kata hubung “AND”

Gabungan setara dibagi menjadi 2:

a.      Positive

TOO ang SO digunakan untuk menggabungkan kalimat positif. Untuk mudahnya kita jadikan kalimat dalam 2 golongan:

Has Auxilary 

S1 + Auxilary + Verb + and + S2 + Auxilary + Too S1 + Auxilary + Verb + and + So + Auxilary + S2

           

                        Example:

                        My sister will be interested in reading this book

                        My brother will be interested in reading this book

Ø   My sister will be interested in reading

                        This book and my brother will too

Ø   My sister will be interested in reading

                        This book and so will my brother

                        Ningrum is pretty

                        Suryani is pretty

Ø   Ningrum is pretty and Suryani is too

Ø   Ningrum is pretty and so is Suryani

                        I can go and beat them

                        You can go and beat them

Ø   I can go and beat them and you can too

Ø   I can go and beat them and so can you

Has no Auxilary

S1 + V1 + and + S2 + do / does + too S1 + V1 + and + S2 + do / does + too

S1 + V1 + and + S2 + Did + too S1 + V1 + and + So + Did + S2

                        Example:

                                    Your sister likes bananas

                                    I like bananas

Ø  Your sister likes banans and I do too

Ø  Your sister likes banans and so do I

The workers often come late

The Chairman often comes late

Ø  The workers often come late and the Chairman does too

Ø  The workers often come late and so does the Chairman

I cleaned this room yesterday

Asih cleaned this room yesterday

Ø  I cleaned this room yesterday and Asih did too

Ø  I cleaned this room yesterday and so did Asih

b.      Negative

Either and Neither digunakan untuk menggabungkan kalimat negative

S1 + Auxilary not + Verb + and + S2 + Auxilary not + Either S1 + Auxilary not + Verb + and + Neither+ Auxilary + S2

Note: Neither = not either, oleh karena itu setelah auxiliary tidak disertai “NOT” lagi

                       

Example:

                        She couldn’t say anything

                        I couldn’t say anything

Ø  She couldn’t say anything and I couldn’t either

Ø  She couldn’t say anything and neither could I

            You didn’t see the accident

            Dodo didn’t see the accident

Ø  You didn’t see the accident and Dodo didn’t either

Ø  You didn’t see the accident and neither did Dodo

Yane’s mother can’t cook Italian food

Doni’s mother can’t cook Italian food

Ø  Yane’s mother can’t cook Italian food and Doni’s mother can’t either

Ø  Yane’s mother can’t cook Italian food and neither can Doni’s mother

2. Gabungan setara berlainan

                 

S1 + V1 + But / while + S2 + do / does not S1 + V2 + but / while + S2 + did not S1 + Auxiliary (verb) + But / while + S2 + Auxilary not S1 + Auxilary not (verb) + But / While + S2 + auxilary

Example: He always drinks a cup of coffee but I don’t

                You went out lost night but she didn’t

                Your father can speak English while my father can’t

                His brother doesn’t send a massage but his sister does

Note: Pernyataan yang mengandung kata = Never, Rarely, Barely, Hardly, Few, Little, dianggap berpengertian negative