What is an ellispe?

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They look like this:...... I have not studied or written in English in a long time. Please help.

John C. · Accepted Answer

An ellipse (note the spelling) indicates text that has been omitted (or "elided"), usually to shorten a direct quote by removing text that is irrelevant to the point being made. The action is called "ellipsis". It should always be THREE dots (plus a period if at the end of a sentence).

e.g. "I have not ... in a long time."

or: "I have not studied or written ...."

Orpheus · Answer

Anyway it is ellipsis, John, not ellipse. Ellipse is a regular oval shape. Ellipsis is used to refer to both the 'action' and the dots.

Trellis · Answer

The plural of ellipsis is ellipses.
This could have led to John's small confusion?

They are both new words to me. I had to look it up.

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ellipsis (î-lîp´sîs) noun
plural ellipses (-sêz)
1. a. The omission of a word or phrase necessary for a complete syntactical construction but not necessary for understanding. b. An example of such omission.
2. A mark or series of marks ( . . . or , for example) used in writing or printing to indicate an omission, especially of letters or words.
[Latin ellìpsis, from Greek elleipsis, from elleipein, to fall short : en-, in. See EN-2 + leipein, to leave.]

Maj · Answer

The first ellipsis is great! I am wondering what the omission is. I bet it has to be some kind of syntactical construction that is understood in Latin, Greek, German... By this i mean lol. The process of learning languages is such an exhausting one! With all those ellipsis and misinterpretations and body language and different accents and different sensibilities.

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