read the excerpt from “on women’s right to vote,” an 1873 speech by susan b. anthony. our democratic-republican government is ba
sed on the idea of the natural right of every individual member thereof to a voice and a vote in making and executing the laws. which quotation correctly uses ellipsis to shorten anthony’s words? our democratic-republican government is based on the idea of the natural right of every individual member thereof to . . . a vote in making and executing the laws. our democratic-republican government is based on the idea of the natural right of every individual member thereof . . . to a voice and a vote in making and executing the laws. our democratic-republican government . . . of the natural right of every individual member thereof to a voice and a vote in making and executing . . . . our democratic-republican government is based on the idea of . . . a voice and a vote in making and executing the laws.
The correct alternative is "our democratic-republican government is based on the idea of the natural right of every individual member thereof to . . . a vote in making and executing the laws".
The reason for this alternative to be correct is that one of the ways to use reticence is when it is desired to suppress some words or phrases from the original text. In the case of this alternating, the word "voice" was suppressed, being replaced by reticences. The other alternatives do not fit into any of the other ways of using reticences and so are incorrect.
The other ways to use reticencias are:
To interrupt a thought so that the reader implies what would be enunciated or imagined
To indicate common hesitations in orality
To convey more emotion and subjectivity to those who read
We can observe that all the answers contain ellipsis which is an intentional omission of a word, sentence or something longer. The correctly applied version of ellipsis is the first option - Our democratic-republican government is based on the idea of the natural right of every individual member thereof to . . . a vote in making and executing the laws. Omitted word is "voice". Other options are not correct because all of them contain mistakes regarding the usage of the ellipsis.
