Glossary of linguistic terms: E - G. Глоссарий лингвистических терминов: E - G.

ellipsis (эллипсис): omission of a word or words whose meaning will be understood by the listener or reader, e.g. after all [that has been said]; Bы мeня [спрaшивaeтe]? [Are] you [asking] me?
ending (окончaниe): in Russian, inflectional suffix added to a word to indicate its case, number, tense, mood, etc. in a particular context.

Грамматика русского языка. Часть 12. Наречия. Глава 2. Сравнительная и превосходная степень наречий. Russian Grammar. Part 12. Adverbs. Unit 2. Comparative and Superlative Forms of Adverbs.

Adverbs, like adjectives, have comparative and superlative forms (e.g. he runs more quickly and he runs the most quickly).

(a) The comparative adverb is identical to the short form comparative adjective: so, for example: быстрее, more quickly, медленнee, more slowly, лучше, better:

Он всегда работает быстрее, чем я.
He always works more quickly thаn I do.

Adverbs ending in -и form their comparative with более:

Он всегда работает более логически, чем я.
He always works more logically than I do.

Урок 14. Проблемы с существительными. Существительные, имеющие форму только единственного числа. Lesson 14. Problems of number. Nouns with singular form only.

Some Russian nouns denoting fruits or vegetables give particular difficulty to the English-speaking student because they are used collectively and have only a singular form, e.g.

Урок 13. Проблемы с существительными. Существительные, имеющие форму только множественного числа. Lesson 13. Problems of number. Nouns with plural form only.

Many nouns exist which in English have a singular form but in Russian have only a plural form, at least when they have certain meanings. The word for a clock, for example, is чaсы (gen чaсов). Such
nouns may belong to any of the declension types. In the lists below genitive forms (which cannot be deduced from the nominative forms) are given in brackets.

воротa (воpот)	gate
выборы (выборов)	election
грaбли (грaблeй)	rake
дeньги (дeнeг)	money
джунгли (джунглeй)	jungle