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Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 10:43 pm
by NerfHerder
How do you feel about elipses, really?
Is the allure of the mystical unsaid enough to support this pompous "punctuation"? Is trailing off really that admirable that we call it mystery? Or is the elipses truly an exit that you use simply to escape a sentence you don't know how to finish?
DISCUSS!
Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 11:32 pm
by eebs
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sticky keyboard
Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 11:53 pm
by ChrisLovesYou
Mat Dickie ends every single paragraph he writes with an ellipses. He says it's because he's always looking to the future. I say it's because he suffers from mental retardation...
Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 2:49 am
by lennon
i love using the elipse......it creates pause......even when you dont really need it.
Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 2:59 am
by NerfHerder
Is there not enough pauses already, what with the current punctuation and the natural pause for the breath of oxygen?
Do you not find the pause created by the elipses somewhat obnoxious?
Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 3:13 am
by katie
i'm a fan of ellipses. call me pretentious... but i like them.
Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 3:49 am
by Rebecca
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sticky keyboard
Maybe you should clean your keyboard...
Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 3:53 am
by froggorino
ellipses=overused and yawn-y.
frog"...and more!"gy
Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 6:59 pm
by lennon
Do you not find the pause created by the elipses somewhat obnoxious?
as a forker, we are called to be obnoxious. anything less is unacceptable.
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 12:17 pm
by mere1975
Is there not enough pauses already. . .
Are there not enough pauses already?
I love my little dots and you can't make me give them up in casual online conversation. . .
- Mere "the only real question is ... versus . . ." 1975
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 1:03 pm
by sam
I use elipses instead of *snip* when shortening a quote. I'm not sure how that falls in the usage guide but I'm pretty sure *snip* never caught on because it looks idiotic.
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 1:15 pm
by Phyllis
don't journalists need it?
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 3:48 pm
by ChrisLovesYou
don't journalists need it?
LIKE A KICK IN THE TEETH THEY DO
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 3:50 pm
by Irock
I love them. LOVE them. I have to stop myself from overusing them. When I use them, it's usually at a spot where I feel like the person I'm addressing should elaborate. This morning I sent, "I don't know what "SMB CRM" means..."
Meaning, "tell me what those crazy acronyms mean." I could just ASK what it means, but I'm not sure I care. I mean, I may not need to know that and my brain is full of enough useless information already.
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 4:42 pm
by mr_j
they're the yadda yadda yadda of the punctuation world!