With an omitted opening, part of the answer remains. With complete omission, none of the expected response is directly uttered. Either another expression substitutes for it, or context alone makes it understood.
The difference lies not just in the number of missing words but in how the audience reconstructs the response.
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Ellipsis in Istiʾnāf and Two Grounds for Waṣl
With an omitted opening, part of the answer remains. With complete omission, none of the expected response is directly uttered. Either another expression substitutes for it, or context alone makes it understood.
The difference lies not just in the number of missing words but in how the audience reconstructs the response.