Dave wrote:



Now could you answer the question I asked?

I'm sorry Dave I did.

No, you engaged in considerable elision, but didn't answer the question. The
question required a simple yes or no answer. I take it that the answer to my
question is no.

Pots and kettles, you chose to parry my question with another, I chose
to by just as evasive.
To borrow from Doug, you first. When did elision move from the
linguists' lexicon to that of the jurist?

Cheers
Martin