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Wrandom Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Quotations with ellipses...

Hi everyone,

(Forgive me if this is a double up but my last post seems to have been swallowed by a black hole...)

My question is about the use of ellipses in quotations.

Let's say the original text is:

The first sentence begins. There is a part I want to omit and the second sentence continues.

Banal sentence, sorry, but hopefully it will serve the purpose.

Which of the following puntuation methods would be correct?

"The first sentence begins. [...] and the second sentence continues."

Or:

"The first sentence begins. [...] [A]nd the second sentence continues."

Or something else entirely?

Thanks heaps,
Wil
  

Top answer

That stupid angel! It should read: "The first sentence begins. " except without the spaces around the "A".

  • That stupid angel!
  • It should read: "The first sentence begins.
  • " except without the spaces around the "A".
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That stupid angel!

It should read:

"The first sentence begins. [...] [ A ]nd the second sentence continues."

except without the spaces around the "A".

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