Examples
Original Passage
To hold its own in the struggle for existence,
every species of animal must have a regular source of food, and if it happens
to live on other animals, its survival may be very delicately balanced.
Alexander Petrunkevitch,
"The Spider and the Wasp"
Shortened Quotation with Ellipsis
Mark
Petrunkevitch tells us that "every species
of animal must have a regular source of food, and…its survival may be very
delicately balanced."
Shortened Quotation with a Period and
Ellipsis Mark
Petrunkevitch tells us that "every species
of animal must have a regular source of food…." (Note that in such a case,
there will be, in effect, four dots.) |