Question

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 twains words without changing their meaning? 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..... 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. 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. 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.

Explanation:

An ellipsis (...) is used to show that words have been omitted. The correct use should not change the original meaning. Option B correctly uses an ellipsis to shorten the text between "I should like to see" and "the ballot" without altering the sense of Twain's statement.

Answer:

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.