Question

Use the sentence to answer the prompt

He read that "it took than two years...for the case to be tried in court and a verdict to be reached."

In 1-2 sentences, explain if the ellipsis is used in the paragraph to indicate a pause or omission. Use details to support your answer

Answer 1

In the given sentence, the ellipsis is used to indicate an omission. The ellipsis is a series of three dots (...) that indicates the removal of one or more words from a quoted sentence. In this case, the ellipsis is used to show that some words have been omitted from the original sentence, most likely for the sake of brevity.