Ellipsis

Ellipsis (…) is used at the end of a sentence to indicate a pause/break in the thought process. In dialogues, it also implies that the thought continues indefinitely.

Ex.: He kept on thinking about the missing link in the case . . . and, finally it dawned upon him.

        Harry said, “I want to stay, but . . .”

Ellipsis

Ellipsis (…) is used when we need to omit some words/phrases/paragraphs from a quoted text.

Ex.:

Original Sentence: “Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.” (Plato)

After Using Ellipsis: “Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly….” (Plato)