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True-False (1 point):As long as you use a parenthetical citation after your quote, you can condense a quoted passage by using an ellipsis mark (three periods, with spaces between) to indicate you have left words out.Group of answer choicesTrueFalse

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True-False (1 point):As long as you use a parenthetical citation after your quote, you can condense a quoted passage by using an ellipsis mark (three periods, with spaces between) to indicate you have left words out.Group of answer choicesTrueFalse

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True. You can use an ellipsis mark to indicate that you have left out words from a quoted passage, as long as you use a parenthetical citation after your quote. This is a common practice in academic writing to make quotes more concise while still accurately representing the source material.

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