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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

How do i indicate that material is missing

if I want to leave out a large section and move to conclusion? Is it . . . . (4 dots?
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"The omission of one or more paragraphs within a quotation is indicated by four ellipsis points at the end of the paragraph preceeding the omitted part. 60)

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"The omission of one or more paragraphs within a quotation is indicated by four ellipsis points at the end of the paragraph preceeding the omitted part. (If a paragraph ends with an incomplete sentence, only three points are used..." (The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed., page 461, 11.60)

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