Timeline for When can I omit a word while using a certain construction with apostrophe?
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| Feb 27, 2016 at 22:40 | comment | added | DJClayworth | I'm not sure you would use this contraction for anything other than a home. I would never say "I'm going to my sister's..." and mean her office. I would mean her tipi only if she had a tipi as a home | |
| Feb 27, 2016 at 22:29 | history | edited | Rob_Ster | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Clarifying and emphasizing formal versus informal usage
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| Feb 27, 2016 at 22:27 | comment | added | Hot Licks | It is not strictly necessary (in informal writing/speech) for the omitted word to appear in a prior statement when that word refers to the person's place of residence, or can readily be inferred to refer to, say, his office. | |
| Feb 27, 2016 at 22:24 | comment | added | Rob_Ster | @PeterFerrer- Some might disagree, but I wouldn't call this ellipsis. For a good quick illustration of what clearly is ellipsis, see this link | |
| Feb 27, 2016 at 22:18 | comment | added | Peter Ferrer | How can we call this phenomenon in linguistics? What about ellipsis? | |
| Feb 27, 2016 at 22:07 | history | answered | Rob_Ster | CC BY-SA 3.0 |