The beaches perfect

[Over the top]

Sure, the weather was great and the beaches perfect.

Why is it the beaches perfect not the beaches were perfect?
Thank you

 

[SoothingDave]

The "were" is understood in this sentence. It would be repetitive, though not wrong, to repeat the past-tense "be" verb.

 

[TheParser]

***** NOT A TEACHER *****


As Soothing Dave told us, native speakers often leave out words -- sometimes for the rhythm of the sentence.

My bad example: The soup was delicious and the steaks out-of-this-world. ( If I had written "were," it might have in

some subtle way taken away the power of "out-of-this-world.")

Another of my bad examples: Igor visited two countries. He said that the United States was wonderful and Brazil absolutely

awesome!

 

[BobSmith]

[AmE - not a teacher]

I'm sure this has been covered before, but I think another similar usage would be:

The beaches perfect, we decided to lie out in the sun all day.

I think here, as well, the verb to be has been assumed:

The beaches being perfect, we decided to lie out in the sun all day.