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01-15-2007, 02:59 AM
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Ellipse: The Proper Way?
"So...Barney, about those donuts..."
"So... Barney, about those donuts..."
"So ... Barney, about those donuts..."
Which way is correct? No space before or after the ellipse; no space before the ellipse but one after it; or one space before and after the ellipse?
Thanks in advance.
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01-15-2007, 03:02 AM
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No space before the ellipse but one after it.
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01-15-2007, 03:13 AM
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Originally Posted by lisajane
No space before the ellipse but one after it.
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01-15-2007, 08:05 AM
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It really just depends on what style guide you choose to follow. Either the 2nd or 3rd examples are fine, as long as you're consistent.
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01-15-2007, 09:00 AM
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I am going to hijack this thread.
What about the use of ellipsis to convey dramatic tension? [in fiction]
i.e: She closed the door after the mission was accomplished, and walked away...
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01-15-2007, 04:15 PM
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Use elipses sparingly, and only to convey incomplete thoughts or dialogue. With fading dramatic tension, there are other and better ways of doing it, which are also grammatically correct. Building the tension sentence upon sentence before the final conclusion will generally do the trick.
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01-15-2007, 04:23 PM
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Thank you.
I know there are other methods to build up tension throughout the story, but is the use of ellipsis in such a frame grammatically correct?
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01-15-2007, 04:24 PM
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If you're using them to show you cut something out of a quote, you want a space before and after as well as brackets. i.e. "Some of us enjoy [...] touching as well."
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01-15-2007, 05:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Hodge
If you're using them to show you cut something out of a quote, you want a space before and after as well as brackets. i.e. "Some of us enjoy [...] touching as well."
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They'd do that in a newspaper article. Or if they were replacing a word in a quote. "It was a [sunny] day," he said. |
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01-15-2007, 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Hakeem
Thank you.
I know there are other methods to build up tension throughout the story, but is the use of ellipsis in such a frame grammatically correct?
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Use elipses sparingly, and only to convey incomplete thoughts or dialogue. This means that the use of elipses to convey tension is gramatically incorrect. |
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01-16-2007, 05:19 AM
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Appreciate the help.
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