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Crossword lovers probably know this clue. A grammar rule that deletes the repetition of verbs. The answer is gapping.
Gapping in grammar means the omission of a verb in the second of two coordinated clauses.
John R. Ross, an American poet, and linguist coined the word around 1970.
Before then, it was probably referred to as a form of ellipsis.
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