In the sentence you provided, the ellipsis is used to indicate an omission. It suggests that there is more context or text before and/or after the excerpt that has been intentionally removed. The ellipsis does not indicate a pause in this context; rather, it signifies that part of the original text has been left out.
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He read that “it took more than two years . . . for the case to tried in court and a verdict to be reached.”
is the ellipsis is used in the paragraph to indicate a pause or an omission?
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