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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

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00I think I have tried to ask this question as an anonymous poster before but didn't appear as a post. I seem to see many instances where three dots are used for a purpose other than ellipsis (omitted content??). Is this use OK?02br
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00So, let's figure it out ... anybody have an idea?02br
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00If you have an idea ... then let me see your hand.0-
  

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02br 00Yes. 12i 12blockquote 11i 00Note carefully the spacing of the ellipsis marks and the surrounding characters in the examples above. In mid-sentence, a space should appear between the first and last ellipsis marks and the surrounding letters.

  • 02br 00Yes.
  • 12i 12blockquote 11i 00Note carefully the spacing of the ellipsis marks and the surrounding characters in the examples above.
  • In mid-sentence, a space should appear between the first and last ellipsis marks and the surrounding letters.
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01i00The ellipsis can also be used to indicate a pause in the flow of a sentence and is especially useful in quoted speech:02i02br
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