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Quangtrungvtv Posted 19 years ago
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Yesterday afternoon, After tired day , I go to English night class. When I arrived , no body there and I went sleep . When I got up , I see my teacher was teaching , everyone were learning . I just asked a people near me: “ how long have we studied?”

, “ for 30 minutes” . Oh ! I have sleep for 30 minutes while other people learning….

I got up and listening to my teacher talk.
  

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Hi, Yesterday afternoon, after a tiring day , I went to English night class. When I arrived , nobody was there and I went to sleep . When I woke up, I saw the class was in progress.

  • Hi, Yesterday afternoon, after a tiring day , I went to English night class.
  • When I arrived , nobody was there and I went to sleep .
  • When I woke up, I saw the class was in progress.
  • ” “For 30 minutes” .
  • Oh !
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Hi,

Yesterday afternoon, after a tiring day , I went to English night class. When I arrived , nobody was there and I went to sleep . When I woke up, I saw the class was in progress. I asked a person near me, “How long has the class been going on?”

“For 30 minutes” . Oh ! I had been asleep for 30 minutes while other people were l
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Clive
Hi,

“For 30 minutes” . Oh ! I had been asleep for 30 minutes while other people were learning….

Oh! I had been asleep for 30 minutes while other people were learning…. [Shouldn't it be learning.? One full stop rather than four?]
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Hi,

I interpreted them as intentional ellipsis dots, indicating the completion of the sentence was omitted in what was offered to us.

Clive
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CliveHi,

I interpreted them as intentional ellipsis dots, indicating the completion of the sentence was omitted in what was offered to us.

Clive

So, if the sentence is complete, only a full stop is required. It is common among Singaporean students to use ellipsis dots when the sentence is complete. I believe they think it looks sty

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