Which example correctly uses ellipses to modify their quotation of the below passage from Lim?

"Mainland China, Hong Kong and South Korea are well-positioned to lead not only through policy and infrastructure, but also through global thought leadership."

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Which example correctly uses ellipses to modify their quotation of the below passage from Lim?

"Mainland China, Hong Kong and South Korea are well-positioned to lead not only through policy and infrastructure, but also through global thought leadership."

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Question to analyze: Which example correctly uses ellipses to modify their quotation of the passage from Lim?

Option A: "Lim asserts that \"Mainland China, Hong Kong and South Korea are well-positioned to lead... through global thought leadership\" (Lim). This placement of ellipses after the word 'lead' signals that some portion of the original text has been omitted, namely the clause 'not only through policy and infrastructure, but also' before the phrase 'through global thought leadership.' This reproduces the structure of the original sentence while trimming the middle portion in a way that preserves the overall meaning. It aligns with standard practice for using ellipses to indicate omitted material within a quotation.

Option B: "Lim asserts that \"Mainland China, Hong Kong and South Korea... global thought leadership\" (Lim). In this version, the ellipsis sits after 'South Korea' and before 'global thought leadership,' which suggests that a large chunk of the middle of the sentence has been omitted. However, this ellipsis would obscure more of the syntactic and semantic glue—specifically the phrase 'are well-positioned to lead not only through policy and infrastructure, but also through'—and leaves the remnants awkward and potentially ambiguous. The compression is less faithful to the original structure and can mislead readers about which elements were omitted.

Option C: "Lim asserts that \"Mainland China, Hong Kong and South Korea... are well-positioned to lead... through global thought leadership\" (Lim). Here there are two ellipses: one after 'South Korea' and another after 'lead.' The first ellipsis would imply a large omission between 'South Korea' and 'are well-positioned,' while the second suggests an omission between 'lead' and 'through global thought leadership.' This double-ellipsing distorts the sentence flow and misrepresents the original linkage between 'lead' and the subsequent phrase, making the quotation harder to interpret correctly. Consequently, this is not a faithful or clean use of ellipses for this sentence.

Option D: "Lim asserts that \"...Mainland China, Hong Kong and South Korea are well-positioned to lead... through global thought leadership...\" (Lim). Beginning with an ellipsis inside the quoted material is problematic because ellipses typically indicate omitted material within a quotation, not a missing initial segment at the start of the quote. In addition, ending with an ellipsis after 'global thought leadership' introduces trailing omission that is not present in the original punctuation, which can misrepresent the source. This option misuses ellipses both at the opening and the ending of the quotation.

Summary notes: Ellipses should signal omitted material without disrupting the core meaning and grammatical coherence of the sentence. Option A cleanly omits the middle clause while preserving the natural flow of the quotation. Options B and C misrepresent the omitted portions or disrupt the sentence structure, and Option D improperly starts and ends with ellipses, falsely implying missing initial or final material that isn’t part of the original quote.

Which example correctly uses ellipses to modify their quotation of the below passage from Lim? "Mainland China, Hong Kong and South Korea are well-positioned to lead not only through policy and infrastructure, but also through global thought leadership." 单项选择题

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