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Section 8.2.7

Elliptical Constructions

Use a comma to indicate the omission of a word or words readily understood from the context.


In the United States there are ninety-two scanners; in Europe, eighty-five; in all of Africa, six. [The commas indicate the omission of the words there are.]

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