Read this text. Among the collections at the Smithsonian Institution is the bright orange jacket—trimmed in gold and studded with turquoise buttons—that singer Marian Anderson wore for her performance at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939. Is this an appropriate use of an ellipsis? "Among the collections at the Smithsonian Institution is . . . that singer Marian Anderson wore for her performance at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939."
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Yes, this is an appropriate use of an ellipsis. The ellipsis is used to indicate the omission of words in a sentence or a pause in thought. In this case, the ellipsis is used to suggest that further information is being omitted between "is" and "that."
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