Question

Re-write the sentence using an ellipses:
In the morning, after we finished our breakfast, we went for a movie.

• A. NO CHANGE
• B. In the morning, after we finished our breakfast; we went for a movie.
• C. In the morning ... we went for a movie.
• D. In the morning (after we finished our breakfast) we went for a movie.

Answer 1

The correct option is C In the morning ... we went for a movie.

Ellipsis is a punctuation mark consisting of three dots. It is used to show omission of words in the middle of sentence. It shows speaker has trailed off and left a sentence. Thus, option C is correct according to the rule where 'after we finished our breakfast' has been omitted. .