I love the ellipsis...

[daepp]

Ellipsis! Oh yeah...

[porsche4life]

dude, pass the bong...

[daepp]

Sid... - isn't it bedtime in OK?

[porsche4life]

Dude, I'm in college...

[RWebb]

I'm a fan too...

-- then there is the dash

[livi]

Perhaps.

[LeeH]

I'm a heavy user...

[livi]

I am on the wagon..

[Bill Douglas]

I say can the stuff and sell it, or better still....

[sc_rufctr]

Originally Posted by LeeH

I'm a heavy user...

...me to...

[gtc]

Celine would be proud... and I'm not talking about the Canadian...

[craigster59]

I usually do four.... but then again, I like to go "big"....

[willtel]

Originally Posted by craigster59

I usually do four.... but then again, I like to go "big"....

4 is just nonsense. It has to be three or it isn't an ellipsis.

[sammyg2]

A mind is a terrible thing .............................


Ellipsis (plural ellipses; from the Greek: ἔλλειψις, élleipsis, "omission" or "falling short") is a series of marks that usually indicate an intentional omission of a word or sentence or whole section from the original text being quoted. An ellipsis can also be used to indicate a pause in speech, an unfinished thought, or, at the end of a sentence, a trailing off into silence (aposiopesis). When placed at the beginning or end of a sentence, the ellipsis can also inspire a feeling of melancholy longing. The ellipsis calls for a slight pause in speech or any other form of text.

The most common form of an ellipsis is a row of three periods or full stops (...) or a pre-composed triple-dot glyph (…). The usage of the em dash (—) can overlap the usage of the ellipsis.

[DARISC]

I use ellipses ... but I never use doublellipses ...... nor tripellipses ......... nor quadruplellipses ............ Nor ............... nor .................. nor ..................... nor ........................

[island911]

It sucks that this BBS omits a simple typed double space. ...you know, like between sentences.

[scottmandue]

[Bill Douglas]

My money is on the cat, why...

[RWebb]

Originally Posted by craigster59

I usually do four.... but then again, I like to go "big"....

4 is an ellipsis + a period. (for a quote where you left out everything to the end of the quoted sentence)

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by craigster59

I usually do four.... but then again, I like to go "big"....

Originally Posted by RWebb

4 is an ellipsis + a period. (for a quote where you left out everything to the end of the quoted sentence)

So he did it correctly. He just forgot a capital....