An example of an ellipsis, a person might say, “I went to the mall on Monday, and she on Sunday.” A contextually identical sentence would be “I went to the mall on Monday, and she went to the mall on Sunday.” The words “to the mall” are omitted because they are understood from the context what the speaker is referring to.There are 3 dots in an ellipsis, but, if the ellipsis comes immediately after a grammatically complete sentence, that sentence still needs its own period. So you would end up with a period, plus an ellipsis, which looks like four periods in a row.
Imagine over 3 years ago
Just leave the door open. Problem solved.
Zykoic over 3 years ago
Introduce him to the #
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member over 3 years ago
Ha . . . Ha
backyardcowboy over 3 years ago
“Dot’s what I thought.”
backyardcowboy over 3 years ago
If they were longer, they’d be from our dog Morse.
Doug K over 3 years ago
You’re … sorry? … What about … the poor … carpet …
BearsDown Premium Member over 3 years ago
He’s out playing with Hashtag and Ampersand.
papajim545 over 3 years ago
Ha ha, huh?
Ken Norris Premium Member over 3 years ago
Do you think he reads my comments?…
Lablubber over 3 years ago
He’s ampersanding around here somewhere..
WCraft Premium Member over 3 years ago
Took me a minute and my eye wasn’t immediately drawn to the floor.
brick10 over 3 years ago
groan
KEA over 3 years ago
neat
MY DOG IS MY CO PILOT over 3 years ago
An example of an ellipsis, a person might say, “I went to the mall on Monday, and she on Sunday.” A contextually identical sentence would be “I went to the mall on Monday, and she went to the mall on Sunday.” The words “to the mall” are omitted because they are understood from the context what the speaker is referring to.There are 3 dots in an ellipsis, but, if the ellipsis comes immediately after a grammatically complete sentence, that sentence still needs its own period. So you would end up with a period, plus an ellipsis, which looks like four periods in a row.
The Brooklyn Accent Premium Member over 3 years ago
Well, at least the puppy has a healthy colon.