Question

Read the excerpt from "the gettysburg address," abraham lincoln’s famous speech. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. Which quotation correctly uses ellipsis to shorten lincoln’s words?.

Answer 1

The sentence that presents the correct use of the ellipsis is "now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation . . . can long harden. We are met on a great battlefield of that war."

How to use the ellipsis?

• Omitting parts of the text, without compromising the meaning.
• Indicating thought pauses.
• Showing an interruption of thought or speech.
• Suggesting the extension of an idea.

In the sentence shown above, we can see that the ellipsis was used to shorten Lincoln's speech, omitting an unnecessary clause to promote full knowledge of the meaning of the text.

Therefore, this sentence shows the correct use of ellipsis.

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