Question

Put ellipsis (...) in the correct place in the following sentence:-
You can defend the fort but you cannot . I'll take it away from you.

• A. NO change
• B. after "cannot"
• C. after "you can"
• D. before "cannot"

Answer 1

The correct option is B after "cannot"

An ellipsis is a series of dots that usually indicates an intentional omission of a word, sentence, or whole section from a text without altering its original meaning.

In this case, it's clearly visible that after 'cannot' there will be an ellipsis as it's pretty clear that the speaker has something in his mind which he doesn't wish to say because he knows that the one who is listening to him has already understood what he actually wants to say. The speaker wants to say 'You can defend the fort but you cannot (win). I'll take it away from you.' So, Option B is correct and the other options cancel out.