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, in the hands of women.
B
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 . . . .
C
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.
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.