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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2008 15:09:20 GMT
Hello, everyone. This is my first post, and I hope I'm not repeating something that already exists in another topic. I couldn't find it with a quick search.
When a sentence ends with an ellipsis, is it also necessary to put a full-stop? I have no problem with question marks or exclamation marks, if the tone of the sentence requires them, but that fourth dot just looks odd to me.
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Post by Alan Palmer on Aug 12, 2008 15:25:20 GMT
In short, no ...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2008 15:28:37 GMT
That was quick! Thanks, Alan.
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Post by Pete on Aug 12, 2008 16:55:13 GMT
But not so quick that we can't contradict!
I might do this sort of thing ... .
But I would certainly consider ... !
Or even ... ?
Note that the elipsis has a space both before and after.
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Post by Pete on Aug 12, 2008 16:56:02 GMT
By the way, "ellipsis" or "elipsis"? I thought it only had one 'l' ... .
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Post by Alan Palmer on Aug 12, 2008 17:50:48 GMT
Two ...
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Post by Alan Palmer on Aug 12, 2008 17:53:30 GMT
You might? That's hardly a very definite contradiction!  |
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Post by Pete on Aug 12, 2008 20:42:40 GMT
You might? That's hardly a very definite contradiction! Just softening the blow!  Yes, I do. I feel I should do it to finish the sentence. |
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Post by Pete on Aug 12, 2008 20:45:02 GMT
You' re right (I have just looked it up, now I am at home). But why does elide have one 'l' and ellipsis two? I assume that they are from the same root.  |
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Post by Tone on Aug 12, 2008 21:08:13 GMT
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Post by SusanB on Aug 12, 2008 21:08:36 GMT
Pete, For the same reason you might have four dots? Or two these: Susan. |
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Post by Pete on Aug 12, 2008 21:11:20 GMT
Pete, For the same reason you might have four dots? Or two these: Susan. Only for you, kind lady! |
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Post by Pete on Aug 12, 2008 21:11:50 GMT
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Post by Verbivore on Aug 12, 2008 23:20:22 GMT
Hazel:
Sometimes I use a period after an ellipsis, sometimes not.
Examples:
1. He was about to say something when the thief ...
That sentence remains unfinished (perhaps because the writer fell of the perch mid-sentence?); being unfinished, it requires no period.
2. He said that he would ... .
In that example, the ellipsis indicates a deliberate omission, but the sentence is otherwise complete and so needs the period.
Note the spaces around the ellipsis. Only if an ellipsis indicates missing letters within a word does it have no surrounding spaces. In the examples above, the space between ellipsis and period makes it clear that one has not erred by making the ellipsis a four-pointer.
Following your logic of placing a question mark or exclamation mark after an ellipsis (with an intervening space, I hope), similarly I place a period.
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Post by Vadim on Aug 13, 2008 7:21:23 GMT
I always use square brackets when using the three dots (I didn't know they were known as ellipses until this thread started; thanks, Hazel - welcome to the board by-the-way). What's the distinction in their use, as I've seen that throughout this thread, not one of you have used them?
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Yes, I do. I feel I should do it to finish the sentence.
