Question

Which quotation correctly uses an ellipses? “The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above. . . .” “The brave men . . . who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to detract.” “The brave men . . . who struggled here. . . .” “The brave men . . . far above our poor power to add or detract.”

Answer 1

The correct answer is B) “The brave men . . . who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to detract.”

The quotation that correctly uses ellipses is “The brave men . . . who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to detract.”

When we are writing a text we can use ellipses. We use an ellipse when we want to indicate an omission of words in the middle of a sentence. It means that the person who says a quote left a sentence unfinished. So when we want to omit words without changing the oriv¿ginal meaning of a quote, we use ellipses.  

Answer 2

The answer is Would be the second one