John likes apples, Bill pears and Alice oranges (verb ellipsis)

[Alexey86]

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Can I omit repetitive verbs in sentences with more than two subjects? For example:

John likes apples, Bill pears and Alice oranges.

Can I omit a repetitive 'be'? For example:

John's favourite fruits are apples, Bill's pears and Alice's oranges.

 

[jutfrank]

Yes, those are fine. The message does depend on the subtleties of how you pronounce the utterance, however.

 

[tedmc]

John's favourite fruits are apples, Bill pears and Alice oranges.

Can the apostrophe 's' after Bill and Alice be omitted?

 

[jutfrank]

No.