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Which sentence uses ellipses correctly for this quotation?

A) Dr. King tells his listeners that ". . . This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off."
B) Dr. King tell his listeners that "Now is the . . . . time to rise from the dark . . . and desolate valley . . ."
C) Dr. King tells his listeners that "This is no time . . . to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism."
D) Dr. King tells his listeners that "Now . . . is the time . . . to make . . . justice a reality . . . for all God's children

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The sentence that uses ellipses correctly is the following one: Dr. King tells his listeners that "This is no time . . . to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism." Ellipses are used to indicate when a group of words are removed from a sentence to make the quotation read more smoothly and quickly.

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