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?
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation . . . can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war.
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.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated . . . We are met on a great battlefield of that war.
Now . . . 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.
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The correct quotation that uses ellipsis to shorten Lincoln’s words is:
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation . . . can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war.
This option effectively maintains the original meaning while appropriately using ellipsis to indicate omitted text.
