So I have noticed myself along with a lot of other people putting ... behind a lot of things. I understand that it means ectera or continuing in the same way. What exactly does the .... really entail. Here is an example. Suzy is a person that is very fun, outgoing, lovable,....Ect. Well what if the .... really meant this. Suzy is a person that is very fun, outgoing , lovable, psycho that could flip out and kill you at any time....Ect. I am guilty of using the (....) but I am wondering if people took things Ive said wrong because of the fill-in-your-own-answer kind of .....'s You think I can pluralize a ..... The great thing about the .... Is that I could have just ended the sentence, but you were so lost in the .... That you would have never known it....
They are used as suspension points... Suspension points are mainly used to leave a sentence, a paragraph, etc. in suspense, inviting the reader to dream or reflect, to show that a list could be continued, to show thought, hesitation, emotion, to create the effect of anticipation in the reader and to show that some words have been left out of a quotation. Imagining is always fun ! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
it depends on when and where the (...) is being used. It would havs different meanings in textbooks than in novels. It is used to create suspense, to say "and so on", or used as a very long coma.
I like to use it as a pause...so that you can think a bit before you continue...because everything I say is so important...that you have to think about it...
or it can be used to convey stress NO...MORE...PUNNING. I have to say, if you look at my posts, I probably use it at least once every time.
Ellipsis It's called an ellipsis. It's simple enough to use. When deleting words that lead to the end of a sentence, use three periods. When ending the sentence, use four. Thus: The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. This, despite the fox's best efforts, is how he bruised his hip. (1) The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. This . . . is how he bruised his hip. (2) The quick brown fox . . . bruised his hip. (3) The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. This, despite his best efforts . . . . (As a spoken phrase, example #3 would be accompanied by a gesture toward the bedridden fox.) When you're doing long paragraphs and extracting from whole chapters, it gets a little more complex, but the rule seems to work well enough. In dialogue, it represents a pause, and the same rule applies. If the pause is in the middle of the sentence, three periods. If it leads to another sentence or closes the paragraph, use four. Read Bradbury, though after a while he just uses dashes because of the intended pace. :m:, Tiassa Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
I started using the ....'s after coming here. It's easier to convey the words as I think them rather than formulate long and complex sentences....in other words...I'm saying I'm not capable of making complex senteces.
u ever play ff7? i swear there isnt a single sentanmce in that game without "..." i loved ff7.... ff8 sucked.... i really...hated ff8 ff9 was ok... i liked it....
Spelling ughh Sorry... cthulhus slave FF7 and nine were good, FF8 sucked FF10 was pretty cool. So basically from reading through. Everyone has a different thought about the ...'s . And really who would have thought differently in sciforums. Everybody with a conflicting opinion....(scratches chin) interesting...
I started using the ....'s after coming here-Grazzhoppa Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Same here, the bad part is that i am now starting to use them in my handwriting.............these things are like a drug.....i.....must....do.....MORE>...Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
In normal writing, you'd use ; as the usual suspension and replace it with ... for dialogue. As in: He looked out the window and scoured the street to see its source; it was deserted apart from the cars parked nose to tail all along the narrow pavements. And: ‘No’, said George, ‘too short… my mother’s taller’. In the 1st example, he looks out the window to see 'its' source--he has an expectation--hence, 'to see its source; (this is the point of expectation)'. Followed by the outcome of the expectation, 'it was deserted'. In the second example, George say's, 'No, too short... (here, there is a natuaral gap, as the reader assumes that he is visualising his mother--creating an expectation in the reader) followed by the outcome, 'My mother's taller'. Most posters on this board actually use punctuation points in a very haphazard and incorrect way. Your own examples of suspension points: Suzy is a person that is very fun, outgoing, lovable,....Ect. Well what if the .... really meant this. Suzy is a person that is very fun, outgoing , lovable, psycho that could flip out and kill you at any time....Ect. ...don't actually work, either in literature, or even in ordinary dialogue. If you read them out aloud and put a natural gap where your points are, then you'll see what I mean (unless you suffer from speech impediment or are very stoned:m: Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! )
I'd say it means etcetera, but I usually use it when the answer is maybe obvious, or what would be written, has already been written, closely on the page.
I use it with 3 different meanings : - "et cetera" (I'm nice, intelligent, modest, ...) - a pause (Anyway, my best quality is... my perfect education!) - "follow my idea" when I don't have words or when I don't need/want to use words to express an idea (I'm against death penalty while Bush allowed more than 130. So what do I think about this moron? Well...) Note : Sorry for the third exemple... Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! (Eh, eh, look! I just used it again!)
