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Define and explain the rules for an ellipsis. Provide an example sentence correctly using an ellipsis.

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An ellipsis is a set of three periods (. . .) indicating an omission. Each period should have either a single space on each side, except when adjacent to a question mark, in which case there should be no space.
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