CLAUSE + CLAUSE, ELLIPTED SUBJECT

In the English Grammar Profile, A1 point 5 in CLAUSES/co-ordinated is defined as:

omit the subject in a second main declarative clause when the subject is obvious or the same as the first clause.


PELIC student example:

I watched TV and washed my clothes.

Korean, Female, Level 3, Writing Class.

However, two verbs can be connected with ‘and’ with more complexity:

She always said we‘d have to wait and see how things went.

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A search in iWeb for:

and|or _VV

1 AND MAKE 947288
2 AND GET 915860
3 AND SEE 672271
4 AND USE 569929
5 AND TAKE 511574
6 AND LET 444534
7 AND PUT 409189
8 AND KEEP 391772
9 AND GO 388592
10 AND GIVE 357897
11 AND SAID 345582
12 AND HELP 345435
13 AND MADE 326424
14 AND FIND 316841
15 AND WORK 313888
16 AND PROVIDE 308626
17 AND ENJOY 300029
18 AND SUPPORT 298568
19 AND TRY 297018
20 AND START 274483
21 AND ADD 274363
22 AND FOUND 273423
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24 AND LOOK 260590
25 AND FEEL 238001
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27 AND CLICK 236803
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30 AND LEARN 225223
31 AND ASK 216876
32 AND WENT 200121
33 AND GETTING 196845
34 AND SAY 196573
35 AND WANT 193703
36 AND USING 184578
37 AND MAKES 184052
38 AND PLAY 177964
39 AND TOOK 175701
40 AND PROVIDES 174767
41 AND LEAVE 172005
42 AND USED 170790
43 AND RUN 170401
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46 AND BRING 164198
47 AND IMPROVE 163976
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49 AND SAVE 162389
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51 OR USE 161678
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62 AND READ 141254
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64 AND DEVELOP 138858
65 AND COME 136486
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67 AND THINK 136166
68 AND GAVE 135711
69 AND TOLD 134291
70 AND CHOOSE 133653
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73 AND NEED 129740
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76 AND TAKING 126270
77 AND LOVE 126002
78 AND APPLY 123117
79 AND GIVES 122527
80 AND PAY 121677
81 AND MANAGE 120610
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83 AND STAY 118444
84 AND STATE 117744
85 AND LEARNING 117490
86 AND REDUCE 116780
87 AND SELECT 116276
88 AND ENSURE 115295
89 AND HOPE 114960
90 AND INCLUDES 114757
91 AND RECEIVE 114634
92 AND UNDERSTAND 114283
93 AND CUT 113589
94 AND KNOW 113529
95 AND LEFT 112589
96 AND ALLOWS 110026
97 AND BEGAN 107986
98 AND WRITE 107186
99 AND RETURN 106676
100 AND REMOVE 105662

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