The (Elegant) Ellipsis Page: . . .
So there you are.
Typing away on some report.
You're quoting something, but you only need part of the quote.
Should you spend all your time and energy writing out the whole quote which nobody needs to read anyway?
Oh, if only there were an easy punctuation mark to indicate something left out!
Well, now, come to think of it, there is!
Send in the ellipsis!
Never before have three dots in a row been so helpful.
- As William Shakespeare so aptly said, "To be or not to be. . ."
- As William Shakespeare so aptly said, ". . .or not to be . . ."
Great fun.
All you need is a row of periods with spaces in between.
The ellipsis!
Allow it to appear wherever you want your reader to know that you've skipped something.
. . .that you've skipped something.
Allow it to appear. . .
Easy!
In the text box, type out a short couple of sentences.
Copy from one of your writings or one of somebody else's writings.
Play around with the ellipsis.
See what kinds of effects you can achieve by replacing parts of the sentences with an ellipsis.
See how the overuse of the ellipsis can destroy meaning.
Enjoy.
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