Originally posted by Grampy Bobbywell, there was only one thing wrong with your response . . . the second exemplar has four dots. Nowhere in the known universe do four space-dots exist as an editorial implementation. A perfection of "only one thing wrong with" ! ! ! *
Guess maybe there's often concrete difference between how we're taught something
and the way we learn it. The wide open spaces in [b]. . . always seemed so very drafty.
Somewhere along the way believe I may have concluded that these two conventions
(. . . & . . . . ) were intended for use only with zero, first, second and final drafts. [h ...[text shortened]... t seems visually pleasing, or an unintentional mark of incorrectness. Please forgive.[/hidden][/b]
Originally posted by coquetteNow that you mention it ...
True enough, but if I had spelled elipsis right, then there wouldn't have been anything wrong with my posting, would there?
Some document programs use a single-key coded ellipsis (three dots without full spaces).
And some people even think (space) dot (space) dot (space) dot is archaic.
And you would need to use four dots if the ellipsis appeared at the end of a sentence.
But other than that ...
Originally posted by HandyAndy... --- ...
Now that you mention it ...
Some document programs use a single-key coded ellipsis (three dots without full spaces).
And some people even think (space) dot (space) dot (space) dot is archaic.
And you would need to use four dots if the ellipsis appeared at the end of a sentence.
But other than that ...
Originally posted by coquetteJustice code of the 'Loose Lips Sink Ships' nit-picky police patrolling for a sighting of a tight 'elipse'
well, there was only one thing wrong with your response . . . the second exemplar has four dots. Nowhere in the known universe do four space-dots exist as an editorial implementation. A perfection of "only one thing wrong with" ! ! ! *
invariably calls for at least three public lashings from one of coquette's jewel tipped virtual whips...
Originally posted by HandyAndy"And some people even think (space) dot (space) dot (space) dot is archaic."
Now that you mention it ...
Some document programs use a single-key coded ellipsis (three dots without full spaces).
And some people even think (space) dot (space) dot (space) dot is archaic.
And you would need to use four dots if the ellipsis appeared at the end of a sentence.
But other than that ...
Rec'd.