In which choice is the ellipses used correctly to revise the following sentence: I cannot help it; reason has nothing to do with
it; I love her against reason. A) Reason...has nothing to do with it. B) Reason...I love her against reason. Eliminate C) I cannot help it...I love her against reason. D) I cannot help it...reason has nothing to do with it.
The ellipses is used correctly in option C. I cannot help it...I love her against reason.
The ellipsis is the economist of the language, which enable us to avoid the unnecessary repetition of words. Ellipses are common to both formal and informal English. An ellipsis occurs when a word or a group of words is deliberately left out of a sentence. It can be marked or unmarked.
Ellipsis is often used by fiction writers to create dialogue that resembles the way people really talk.
