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Misuse of ellipses

Comment comment by markmcb on 16 September 2006

It drives me crazy when people write........ sentences like...this one........... what the heck are all of those dots............?

The following is from a Wikipedia entry on the ellipsis, paraphrasing Robert Bringhurst's The Elements of Typographic Style:

" ... that normally an ellipsis should be spaced fore-and-aft to separate it from the text, but when it combines with other punctuation, the leading space disappears and the other punctuation follows. He provides the following examples:

i ... j k... l..., l l, ... l m...? n...!"

So don't let me catch you misusing it again ... seriously!

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RE: Misuse of ellipses by Eye.Of.Sage :: NR6

That was the most corniest news article since the Presidential Election debate. Well, the dots are used to show pause. To show the author is thinking about something while writing. Not exactly formal, but very popular.

Posted 16 September 2006, Hide, Parent, Reply
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RE: Misuse of ellipses by Brandon :: NR9

i ... j k... l..., l l, ... l m...? n...!

So, why isn't there a space before the ellipses following the "k"? It's not in combination with other punctuation.

Posted 17 September 2006, Hide, Parent, Reply