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Ellipsis 
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Usages 

1) . . .      to be continued 
 
2) Grammatical omission (taking out of a word/s) in parallel structures of words (groups or arrangements of words) 
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el·lip·sis     /əˈlipsəs/     Learn to pronounce
noun
the omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues.
"it is very rare for an ellipsis to occur without a linguistic antecedent" 
  • a set of dots indicating an ellipsis. 
the omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues.
"it is very rare for an ellipsis to occur without a linguistic antecedent"

Example  

Ellipsis example from "The Stories We Tell":  
I didn't think to look for it or know how to (look for it). ​
Used appropriately, ellipsis can help reduce repetitiousness. 

Example  

​The song is "The Greatest Love of All", written by Linda Creed and Michael Masser and sung by Whitney Houston, whose debut album Whitney Houston I had on cassette when I was 10. I would listen to some songs on the album, including “The Greatest Love of All”, over and over again. ​
Looking at the lyrics to this song now, as an adult (my current age label) more than three and a half (3.5+) decades on, I see "The Greatest Love of All" as a tribute to the child and also as a map to how we can better support children—that is, a set of instructions that we can use to do this. 
 
 
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