Re: The ellipted

Joe Fineman wrote:
>
> Ron Hardin <rhhardin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > The deep-pocketed (...), the politicians existing on salary alone
> > and the well-traveled (...). The coordination evidently doesn't
> > have to cover all components.
> >
> > That is, an adjective for the second component ``the
> > hand-to-mouthed'' is not necessary. So each component must be a
> > noun on its own, without a common ellipsis being implied.
>
> Simpler examples seem to me to be fairly common -- e.g., "He must be
> an idiot or drunk".

It has to simultaneously collect the ellipted term, though.

You wouldn't notice it would have to, with something like ``The rich,
the poor, and politicians.''

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Ron Hardin
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