Punctuation for a partial sentence
An ellipsis is used to omit existing words from a quote, but what if the original speech is missing an implied word? Example, someone says:
"It's foggy. Can hardly see anything."
Here, the speaker actually means "I can hardly see anything," but lazily omitted saying "I". The resulting quote is not a complete sentence.
Is using an ellipsis still correct? Example:
"It's foggy. ...Can hardly see anything."
This is for a transcript of an actor's performance of a fictional character by the way, so adding the word "I" in square brackets would not be appropriate. How would the sentence, as spoken, be correctly typed/punctuated?
Top answer
For your purposes, I would leave it as you have it: "It's foggy. "
- For your purposes, I would leave it as you have it: "It's foggy.
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For your purposes, I would leave it as you have it: "It's foggy. Can hardly see anything."
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