In the example showing omission, which words are indicated to be omitted?

• A. appointed by the court.
• B. trial error
• C. prisoner's inability to present
• D. Franklin v. FCC

Answer: (A)

Omission in quoted material is shown by removing a short, nonessential portion of a sentence while keeping the surrounding text intact. In this example, the omitted portion is a concise descriptive phrase that states who performed the action, which is the kind of identifying detail editors often drop to illustrate how omission works. The phrase that fits this role is “appointed by the court.” It’s the portion that could be left out without altering the main claim of the sentence, helping demonstrate how omission narrows focus to the essential action. The other options refer to concepts or a case name rather than a removable mid-sentence fragment that would be shown as omitted in a typical example.