Task Read the following extracts from newspapers and mark by underlining or circling the cases of substitution, ellipsis and reference and give a one or two sentence analysis in the line below

I think time is changing. People dress in accordance with the times. The old things of the past are coming back to the present
(The Times, 20 March 2010)

3. The Bodleian Library in Oxford is renowned for its collection of Hebrew manuscripts. Although it houses one of the most extensive collections in the world, few people have the chance to see what lies beneath in the library’s vaults.

(The Times, 19 February 2010)
However, some idea of what treasures there are may be gleaned from the library’s current exhibition, Crossing Borders, in which a selection of precious documents from the 13th to the 15th centuries has been chosen to show how Jews, Christians and Muslims contributed to the development of the book.

4. Yet many of their stories remain to be told. Anyone who remembers one from a great aunt or finds one in a dusty attic should heed Wood-Kelly’s advice and “call Poad”.

(The Times, 20 February 2010)

The linguistic devices of ellipsis and substitution will be illustrated on selected ... (The Times, 19 February 2010) It is clear that in the example (1) pronoun they in the ... the following two examples: (4) Yet many of their stories remain to be told. ... a great aunt or finds one in a dusty attic should heed Wood-Kelly's advice.
5. Perhaps I shouldn't have enjoyed it as much as I did: but with more energy and satire and craziness in its lycra-gloved little finger than other films have everywhere else, Kick-Ass is all pleasure and no guilt.

(The Guardian, 31 March 2010)