From the Murdoch Mysteries special episode “A Very Murdoch Christmas”: Det. Murdoch: (1) Mrs. Rankin, someone wanted your husband dead. Mrs. Rankin: (2) And succeeded. We see here ellipsis of the complement of a main verb — in this case, the verb succeed. But what material do we supply for the complement of suceeded in (2)? … Continue reading Annals of ellipsis