Ellipsis refers to the omission of one or more words in a sentence, which can help avoid repetition and maintain flow in language. It is a linguistic tool used in both written and spoken forms. For example, in conversation, if someone asks, "Want to go to the park?" and the response is simply "Sure," the speaker omits "I want to go to the park" in their response. In writing, ellipsis is also represented by three consecutive dots (...
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