Meryl Streep

When I was a kid, when I was 16, 17, I'd come home from high school, and my dad collected all of Barbra Streisand's records. And she was very young then. I think she probably had three records out, and she was 21, and we had them all. And I knew every single song, every breath, every elision, every swell. And I sang along to it.

American Actress

Elision often occurs in spoken English to speak more quickly and naturally.

Common in Speech

Elision is used in informal writing, like text messages, to mimic spoken language.

Informal Writing

Different accents and dialects have unique elisions, changing how words are pronounced.

Accent Variation

Elision in poetry allows poets to fit words into a specific rhythm or rhyme scheme.

Poetic License

Historical texts, like Shakespeare, use elision; modern readers must adapt to understand.

Classic Literature

Knowing the context in poetry helps to recognize and understand elisions and their purpose.

Understanding Context

In legal texts, elision is used for precision and to remove ambiguity or redundancy.

Legal Precision

Elisions in law can affect the interpretation of statutes, so reading carefully is important.