This grows out of the comment exchange to my answer on Is "whoever did" correct? Does anyone else object to the use of "elide", and its forms "elision" and "elided" ro refer to the omission of words in a phrase, sentence or test. Often we deal here with forms where technically required or once ...

It’s not that I am upset, or angry. I am just curious to know that where my answer went wrong. I answered someone’s question, he asked for further clarification, I clarified his doubt in the comments section, and he marked my answer as the accepted one. A few hours laters, my answer had a downvot...