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Identify the underlined punctuation:

Ram said to his mother, "I have failed in the exam."
Mother said, "I... I am out of words. I... don't know what to say."

  1. hyphen
  2. ellipsis
  3. semi colon
  4. colon

A
ellipsis
B
semi colon
C
colon
D
hyphen
Solution
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Option A is correct as ellipsis is three dots like (...)
Option B is incorrect as semi colon is a dot with a comma below it like ( ; )
Option C is incorrect because hyphen is a small dash like ( - )
Option D is incorrect because it looks like one dot on the top of another ( : )

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