Why is connective form missing from this sentence? Example sentence from : > The poet has a truly unlimited command of ideas and manipulates words with complete freedom. At the moment I can only see it as a compound sentence that could be split into: > and > is listed as an noun or adjective () by . Therefore, shouldn't it be in connective form or ? > > > Please help me understand the original sentence.

The meaning of this sentence is the same as those with /.

Omitting certain verbs such as / makes this sentence sound somewhat more rhythmical and crisp. I think this is at least closely related to so-called , a common rhetorical technique in which a sentence is ended with a noun.