Which of the following is not a good reason to use an ellipsis?

a.
to make a long quote shorter

b.
to get to the point quicker

c.
to change the meaning of the original text

d.
to focus only on what is important

Excerpt from incredible oceans roberto barerra (1) the five major oceans—the arctic, the atlantic, the indian, the pacific, and the southern, which are then broken down into smaller seas—provide food for humans and animals, entice explorers, enable trade, and affect the climate and environment the world over. in this sentence from paragraph 1, the word entice means a) amaze. b) attract. c) exhaust. d) feed.