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What does the use of ellipses indicate in a piece of writing? A. A statement made with great emotion B. An error in the original text C. An upcoming question D. Missing words in a quotation
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What does the use of ellipses indicate in a piece of writing? A. A statement made with great emotion B. An error in the original text C. An upcoming question D. Missing words in a quotation

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I think the answer is C. But I am not quite sure
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By definition, ellipses are a series of three periods placed inside quotation marks to let the reader(s) know words have been left/cut out.

So, by default, the correct answer to your question is...

D. Missing words in quotation.
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