▁been ▁to ▁Russia ▁than ▁I ▁have . ▁▁ ▁( b ) ▁More ▁people ▁have ▁been ▁to ▁Russia ▁than ▁I ▁have ▁been ▁to ▁Russia . ▁ ▁Res p ons es ▁to ▁this ▁study ▁noted ▁that ▁it ▁only ▁compared ▁el ided ▁material ▁to ▁nothing , ▁and ▁that ▁that ▁even ▁in ▁gram mat ical ▁compar atives , ▁elli ps is ▁of ▁repeated ▁phr ases ▁is ▁preferred . ▁In ▁order ▁to ▁control ▁for ▁the ▁awk ward ness ▁of ▁identical ▁pred ic ates , ▁Alex is ▁Well wood ▁and ▁colle agues ▁compared ▁compar ative ▁ill us ions ▁with ▁elli ps is ▁to ▁those ▁with ▁a ▁different ▁predicate . ▁ ▁( a ) ▁More ▁girls ▁a te ▁p izza ▁than ▁the ▁boy ▁{ did } ▁/ ▁{ ate ▁y og urt }. ▁They ▁found ▁that ▁both ▁CI - type ▁and ▁control ▁sentences ▁were ▁found ▁to ▁be ▁slightly ▁more ▁acceptable ▁with ▁elli ps is , ▁which ▁led ▁them ▁to ▁reject ▁the ▁hypothesis ▁that ▁elli ps is ▁was ▁responsible ▁for ▁the ▁accept ability ▁of ▁C Is . ▁R ather , ▁it ' s ▁possible ▁people ▁just ▁prefer ▁shorter ▁sentences ▁in ▁general . ▁Patrick ▁K elle y ' s ▁Michigan ▁State ▁University ▁dis sert ation ▁found ▁similar ▁results . ▁ ▁Re peat ability ▁Alex is ▁Well wood ▁and ▁colle agues ▁have ▁found ▁in ▁experiments ▁that ▁the ▁ill usion ▁of ▁gram mat ical ity ▁is ▁greater ▁when ▁the ▁sentence ' s ▁predicate ▁is ▁repeat able . ▁For ▁instance , ▁( a ) ▁is ▁experiment ally ▁found ▁to ▁be ▁more ▁acceptable ▁than ▁( b