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 about 3 years ago
Just leave the door open. Problem solved.
Zykoic about 3 years ago
Introduce him to the #
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member about 3 years ago
Ha . . . Ha
backyardcowboy about 3 years ago
“Dot’s what I thought.”
backyardcowboy about 3 years ago
If they were longer, they’d be from our dog Morse.
Doug K about 3 years ago
You’re … sorry? … What about … the poor … carpet …
BearsDown Premium Member about 3 years ago
He’s out playing with Hashtag and Ampersand.
papajim545 about 3 years ago
Ha ha, huh?
Ken Norris Premium Member about 3 years ago
Do you think he reads my comments?…
Lablubber about 3 years ago
He’s ampersanding around here somewhere..
WCraft Premium Member about 3 years ago
Took me a minute and my eye wasn’t immediately drawn to the floor.
brick10 about 3 years ago
groan
KEA about 3 years ago
neat
MY DOG IS MY CO PILOT about 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 about 3 years ago
Well, at least the puppy has a healthy colon.