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ELLIPSIS of a premiss in an argument.

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  • ELLIPSIS省略法 RHETORICAL FIGURE of omitting an expression which is to be understood from context.Leaving out of words or phrases which have to be understood in order to understand what is said. Compare ZEUGMA, which is ELLIPSIS of a word that "re"curs in context.
    • RHETORICAL FIGURE形式詞格 RHETORICAL DEVICE which mainly consists in the distribution of expressions in a passage.
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