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Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling

Question 4 • Language Arts 7 B (M12 25/26 S2)

Read the excerpt from "Votes for Women,” a speech by Mark Twain from 1901.I should like to see the time come when women shall help to make the laws. I should like to see that whiplash, the ballot, in the hands of women.Which quotation correctly uses an ellipsis to shorten Twain's words without changing their meaning?

Answer
A
I should like to see the time come when women shall help to make the laws. I should like to see that whiplash, the ballot . . . .
B
I should like to see the time come when women shall help to make the laws. I should like to see . . . the ballot, in the hands of women.
C
I should like to see the time come when women shall help to make the laws . . . I should like to see that whiplash, the ballot, in the hands of women.
D
I should like to see the time come when . . . shall help to make the laws. I should like to see that whiplash, the ballot, in the hands of women.
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