Question

These are my absolute last questions.

In which choice is the ellipses used correctly to revise the following sentence from Madame Bovary?

To spare him expense his mother sent him every week by the carrier a piece of veal baked in the oven, with which he lunched when he came back from the hospital, while he sat kicking his feet against the wall.
A) ...he lunched when he came back from the hospital...
B) To spare him expense...he sat kicking his feet against the wall.
C) His mother sent him every week by the carrier a piece of veal...
D) To spare him expense his mother sent him...veal baked in the oven.




In which sentence from "The Story of an Hour" are ellipses used correctly to omit information from the original passage below?

Some one was opening the front door with a latchkey. It was Brently Mallard who entered, a little travel-stained, composedly carrying his grip-sack and umbrella.
A) ...opening the front door with a latchkey...
B) ...Brently Mallard...a little travel-stained...
C) Some one was opening the front door...it was Brently Mallard.
D) Some one...Brently Mallard...carrying his grip-sack and umbrella.




I think the answers are a and b.

Answer 1

I disagree with both.

You want the choice for each to include the basic parts of the sentence, but omitting extra information.

And your choices need to read like a complete sentence.

Think carefully; read them aloud, more than once. Then decide.

Answer 2

After me taking your advice I am thinking it is c and a.

Answer 3

I still disagree. Remember ~~> <b>complete sentences!</b>

You've posted two wrong answers each, though, so there are only two left for each.

Please think and choose carefully, but don't post about this again.

Answer 4

It's C.