Saturday 20 June 2015

ellipsis - Is it correct to omit this verb?

This form is OK (without "for which are"):




Instead, a linear combination of these two priors gives the maximum
success rate, the optimal weightings given by the
values
of lambda at the maxima in figure 2 in each regime




and so is this form (with "for which are")




Instead, a linear combination of these two priors gives the maximum
success rate, the optimal weightings for which are given by the
values
of lambda at the maxima in figure 2 in each regime




but this form is ungrammatical in formal writing (removing only "are"):




*Instead, a linear combination of these two priors gives the maximum
success rate, the optimal weightings for which given by the
values
of lambda at the maxima in figure 2 in each regime


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