Read the following passage:

The klipspringer is a rock-climbing goat, also known as "goat of the rocks", capable of hopping easily down steep mountains and across lava

fields without injury and avoiding predators due to its unremarkable brown and gray coloring.

Which of the following sentences uses an ellipsis correctly?

O a

b

Oc

C

O d

...capable of hopping... and avoiding predators due to its unremarkable brown and gray coloring.

...is a rock-climbing goat, also known as "goat of the rocks"... due to its brown and gray coloring.

The klipspringer... across lava fields without injury and avoiding predators.

The klipspringer is... capable of hopping easily down steep mountains and across lava fields and avoiding predators due to its

unremarkable brown and gray coloring.

The option that uses an ellipsis correctly is option D, "The klipspringer is... capable of hopping easily down steep mountains and across lava fields and..."

When to use an ellipsis?

An ellipsis should be used when it is our intention to omit information that is not essential for the understanding of the sentence or paragraph. That is why option D is the right answer when compared to the other options.

When we read options A, B and C without having read the original paragraph, we are incapable of understanding what it is about because essential information is missing. However, in option D, only is what is unessential is omitted. If we read this options without having read the original paragraph, we can still grasp its meaning without any problems. We get to know what the klipspringer can do.

Thus, option D is our answer concerning the use of ellipsis.

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