Swedish: An Essential Grammar, 2nd edition

sova, sleep), a constant change (e.g. växa, grow) or an intermittent action
(e.g. droppa, drip).
E
LLIPSIS
involves the omission of a word or word group in the sentence,
e.g. Jag ville röka men jag fick inte (röka), I wanted to smoke but I
was not allowed to (smoke).
E
ND WEIGHT
is the principle that long, heavy expressions come at the
end of the sentence, e.g. Han åkte sedan med en gammal lastbil utan
strålkastare, He then travelled in an old truck without lights.
F
INITE VERB
is a verb showing by its form tense, mood or voice
(active/passive) (cf. 
NON
-
FINITE VERB
).
F
ORMAL SUBJECT
is is an element (det in Swedish, ‘it’ or ‘there’ in English)
inserted to occupy the position before the verb in clauses where the
REAL
(or 
GRAMMATICAL
) 
SUBJECT
is postponed, e.g. Det (FS) sitter en