Question
Which sentence correctly uses an ellipsis to shorten a quotation?
A) “Martin Luther King Jr. said, ‘I have a dream…that one day…children will not be judged by
the color of their skin.’”
B) “Martin Luther King Jr. said, ‘I have a dream………children will not be judged by the color
of their skin.’”
C) “Martin Luther King Jr. said, ‘I have a dream, children will not be judged by the color of their
skin.’”
D) “Martin Luther King Jr. said, I have a dream… that one day children will not be judged by
the color of their skin.”
A) “Martin Luther King Jr. said, ‘I have a dream…that one day…children will not be judged by
the color of their skin.’”
B) “Martin Luther King Jr. said, ‘I have a dream………children will not be judged by the color
of their skin.’”
C) “Martin Luther King Jr. said, ‘I have a dream, children will not be judged by the color of their
skin.’”
D) “Martin Luther King Jr. said, I have a dream… that one day children will not be judged by
the color of their skin.”
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The correct sentence that uses an ellipsis to shorten a quotation is:
A) “Martin Luther King Jr. said, ‘I have a dream…that one day…children will not be judged by the color of their skin.’”
This sentence correctly uses ellipses to indicate omitted text while maintaining the meaning of the original quote.
A) “Martin Luther King Jr. said, ‘I have a dream…that one day…children will not be judged by the color of their skin.’”
This sentence correctly uses ellipses to indicate omitted text while maintaining the meaning of the original quote.