Nominal, Verbal and Clausal Ellipsis

Ellipsis: Ellipsis means omission of words or sentences. 
It is also of three types —

1. Nominal ellipsis: Why don't you use a knife? I haven't got any. 
(To understand this answer, the noun knife is to be supplied after any .) 

2. Verbal ellipsis:  Is it going to rain? It may or may not. 
(The main verb was not used in this answer. To understand this, we have to supply the verb rain). 

3. Clausal ellipsis: Can you swim? Yes. (The word yes means I can swim.) 

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