#Ellipsis

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

DRAMA DOTS

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PUNCTUATION BRACKET FINALS

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Ellipsis ...

Em Dash —

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The winner of the First Annual Punctuation Bracket will be announced on September 24th, National Punctuation Day!

[humanoidhistory]

The Ellipsis concept car, designed by Philipe Charbonneaux, exhibited at the 1992 Paris Motor Show.

(Internet Archive)

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Ultimate Word Tournament!

Season 2

ellipsis (English,Latin) (English) /ɪˈlɪpsɪs/ (Latin) /elˈliːp.sis/ a mark consisting of three periods, historically or more formally with spaces in between, before, and after them ( . . . ) or, more recently, a single character (…) used to indicate that words have been omitted in a text or that they are missing or illegible, or (in mathematics) that a pattern continues.

gżegżółka (Polish) /ɡʐɛɡˈʐuw.ka/ a cuckoo (cuculus canorus)

[peculiary]

S.W.O.R.D. #6 June 23, 2021

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[cailencrow]

Can we see some Kevin pls? (´･ω･`)

I suppose I can let this little awful man out of the hole I've been keeping him in all this time. Be warned: He bites.

[arpeca]

Help me settle an argument between my coworkers.

[dk-thrive]

I mean … just say you don’t want to do it, right? An ellipsis appears and then vanishes.

― Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People (MCD, February 27, 2024)

[theyuniversity]

❓Do You Know How to Use ... an Ellipsis?

This is a topic that people think they know . . . until they have to actually put it into practice.

As an introduction, the “dot-dot-dot” (. . .) is known as an ellipsis. It is used primarily . . .

to omit certain words or phrases from a quotation or citation

to indicate a pause or break in the writer’s train of thought 👩‍💻💭

If you are using the ellipsis to omit words from the original sentence, make sure that you don’t change the meaning of the original sentence. For example,

In the following, we can see that in the correct usage, the original meaning of the sentence remains intact, whereas in the incorrect usage, the original meaning has warped into something sinister and pervy.

When it comes to using an ellipsis to indicate a pause or break in the writer’s thought, just don’t overdo it:

Extra facts:

The plural of “ellipsis” is ellipses.

If an ellipsis ends a sentence, put an extra period at the end, i.e., four periods. (For example, “This is the end, for now ….”

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[psychokineticism]

puts my sonas in a shitty fake nu metal band together

+ mock album cover someone on discord did for me

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Round 3 - Side A - Match 2

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Colon :

Ellipsis ...

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Vote on Side A Match 1 here!

Vote on Side B Match 1 here!

Vote on Side B Match 2 here!

[freyaswolf]

Re: Gen X and the ellipses, or the "dot dot dot" usage at the end of a thought

We do it because either we're letting our thought trail off, we're inferring something unspoken and asking the reader to extrapolate from incomplete data, or we are using it as a short visual representation of this meme:

Please feel free to reblog and add your reasons for using an ellipsis if you do such a crazy thing.

[peculiary]

Doctor Strange #383 December 20, 2017

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