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Writing and Literature
Punctuation
Use of Ellipses
Why would an author use an ellipses to omit words from a quote
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An author may use an ellipses to omit words from a quote in order to shorten the quote and make it more concise, or to remove words that are not relevant to the point they are trying to make.
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