Ellipsis

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Ellipsis is the conscious omission of a statement in written or spoken communication when the audience can be fairly expected to deduce the statement by themselves. In written form, ellipsis is usually represented symbolically by the sequence .... For example: "I can say more about ellipsis, but..."