Elliptical Sentences so/too

Kalimat Elip atau elliptical sentence adalah gabungan dua kalimat yang berbeda subyeknya tetapi predikatnya sama, dan digunakan untuk menghindari pengulangan kata. Tujuan dari dibentuknya kalimat elip yaitu untuk menyampaikan pernyataan secara sederhana dan sekaligus menghindari pengulangan unsur kalimat yang sama.

kalimat Elip dalam bahasa Inggris pada umumnya menggunakan too (juga), so (juga), either (juga tidak), Neither (juga tidak), but (tetapi) dengan auxiliary verb (kata kerja bantu)

too dan so

too dan so  digunakan untuk menggabungkan dua kalimat positif yang memiliki prediket yang sama. Jadi anda harus selalu ingat bahwa too dan so  hanya digunakan untuk kalimat positif saja.

Berikut ini rumusnya:

... (+) ..., and + Subyek + Auxiliary + too

...(+)..., and + so + Auxiliary + Subyek

Contoh:

Siti Zulaiha is beautiful. Jupe is Beautiful.

So

Siti Zulaiha is beautiful, and so is Jupe.

Too

Siti Zulaiha is beautiful, and Jupe is too.

Simple present tense: Is, am, are

I =============am

You/we/they====are

She/he/it=======is

Contoh:

I am tall. She is tall.

I am tall, and so is she.

I am tall, and she is too.

My mother is in Jakarta now. My father is in Jakarta now.

My mother is in Jakarta now, and so is my father.

My mother is in Jakarta now, and my father is too.

Simple present tense: Do/Does

Yang di atas adalah contoh pemakaian so dan too dengan menggunakan is, am, are. Dan yang dibawah ini contoh-contoh dengan menggunakan do/does.

I/you/we/they===========do

She/he/it=============does

She goes to school at 6. He goes to school at 6.

She goes to school at 6, and so does he.

She goes to school at 6, and he does too.

They buy a new car. I buy a new car

They buy a new car, and so do I.

They buy a new car, and I do too.

Simple past tense: Was dan were

I/she/he/it============was

You/they/we==========were

 I was in Jambi in 1990. They were in Jambi in 1990.

I was in Jambi in 1990, and so were they.

I was in Jambi in 1990, and They were too.

Simple past tense: Did

I /you/we/they/she/he/ie ============did

Toni went to Malaysia. John went to Malaysia.

Toni went to Malaysia, and so did John.

Toni went to Malaysia, and John did too.

Present perfect

I /you/we/they===========have

She/he/it ===============has

 I have eaten. She has eaten.

I have eaten, and so has she.

I have eaten, and she has too.

They have come here. She has come here.

They have come here, and so has she.

They have come here, and she has too.

Present continuous tense

 You are speaking. He is  speaking.

You are speaking, and so is he.

You are speaking, and he is too.

Shinta is singing. Jojo is singing.

Shinta is singing, and so is Jojo.

Shinta is singing, and Jojo is too.

Simple Future Tense

I /you/we/they/she/he/it============will

They will sleep. She will sleep.

They will sleep, and so will she.

They will sleep, and she will too.