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I typed like this:First line: You have to take a sample test now.Second line : ...sample test on reading strategies.Is this wrong?Can't I start the second line like this?Is there any mistake?

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,

Do you mean that you want to write this?

You have to take a sample test now.

...sample test on reading strategies.

The first line is grammatical, but the second line is just a fragment of a sentence. That means that, strictly speaking, it doesn't follow the rules of grammar. Better to say It's a sample test on reading strategies.

By the way, what is a 'sample test'?

Best wishes, Clive

Sooris · Answer

Thank you,clive

But in the second sentece i meant it to be so.

Instead of writing 'It's a ..., I put (.....)there.

So you say the second one is wrong.

Thanks !

BarbaraPA · Answer

Hi Sooris,

You're trying to use the ... (called an ellipsis) in a way that it's not intended to work. The dots show that text was removed from a quotation, but you can't use it as a substitute to replace missing words.

Here is an example on how to use the ellipsis: The full quotation is Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

You can write: Abraham Lincoln said "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation . . . dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. "

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