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Meaning of overture | Girl vs. maiden
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Explanation: Permission MUST be obtained when using... Thu Jun 22, 2006 12:57 pm  Explanation: Permission MUST be obtained when using...
 

Please explain the following sentence:

"Permission MUST be obtained when using outside sources"

Why can'nt we say:

"Permission MUST be obtained when we are using outside sources"

Please define the complete structure of the above sentence in details.

thanks
riazuddin
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Explanation: Permission MUST be obtained when using... Thu Jun 22, 2006 13:56 pm  Explanation: Permission MUST be obtained when using...
 

Riaz wrote:
Permission MUST be obtained when using outside sources"

Why can'nt we say:

"Permission MUST be obtained when we are using outside sources

Hi Riaz

This is called ellipsis in English. When the meaning of some sentence is understood without a word or two in it, we leave those words out, and this is called ellipsis. See below for some examples of ellipsis.

1- What time did he die?
(Ans) He died at two in the morning.
(Ans) At two in the morning.(More natural than the first
answer)

2- When in Rome, do as Romans do. is better than:
When you are in Rome, do as...

In your spicific example, the "we are" is understood, so the author prefers to use ellipsis.

I hope this helps.

Tom
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More details on ellipsis Fri Jun 23, 2006 7:22 am  More details on ellipsis
 

Thank you for your reply.

it is for the first time I am encountering the world
called ellipsis in English. I will appreciate if you could kindly provide me more details on the use of ellipsis...

thanks once again
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