Quoting Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>:
> Hi!
>
> Gary Shannon writes:
> > Do any natlangs make frequent use of implied verbs? ...
> >...
>
> I'm not sure whether this is what you are looking for, but German and
> Dutch frequently drop the main verb if an auxiliary is present.
> Depending on language and dialect, the degree of grammaticality
> differs. E.g., in my dialect it would be correct to ask:
>
> Kann ich noch ein Bier?
> can/may I another beer?
> 'have' is dropped.
>
> In Standard German, it would be ok to say:
>
> Sollen wir in die Stadt?
> Shall we into the city?
> 'go' is dropped.
You can do similarly in Swedish:
Ska vi till staden ?
Shall we into city-the ?
Some main verb indication motion is at least diachronically being dropped.
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