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?
o 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
o 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.
o 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.
o 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 omit words while keeping the meaning. In the second option, "that whiplash" is omitted with an ellipsis, and the meaning of women having the ballot and helping make laws remains. The first option just cuts off mid - phrase. The third option uses commas instead of proper ellipsis for word omission. The fourth option omits "women" which changes the subject (the original is about women's role).

Answer:

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.