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Postby NerfHerder » Sat Aug 26, 2006 10:43 pm

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?

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Postby eebs » Sat Aug 26, 2006 11:32 pm

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Postby ChrisLovesYou » Sat Aug 26, 2006 11:53 pm

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...
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Postby lennon » Sun Aug 27, 2006 2:49 am

i love using the elipse......it creates pause......even when you dont really need it.
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Postby NerfHerder » Sun Aug 27, 2006 2:59 am

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?
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Postby katie » Sun Aug 27, 2006 3:13 am

i'm a fan of ellipses. call me pretentious... but i like them.
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Postby Rebecca » Sun Aug 27, 2006 3:49 am

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Postby froggorino » Sun Aug 27, 2006 3:53 am

ellipses=overused and yawn-y.


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Postby lennon » Sun Aug 27, 2006 6:59 pm

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.
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Postby mere1975 » Mon Aug 28, 2006 12:17 pm

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. . .

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Postby sam » Mon Aug 28, 2006 1:03 pm

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.
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Postby Phyllis » Mon Aug 28, 2006 1:15 pm

don't journalists need it?
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Postby ChrisLovesYou » Mon Aug 28, 2006 3:48 pm

don't journalists need it?
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Postby Irock » Mon Aug 28, 2006 3:50 pm

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.
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Postby mr_j » Mon Aug 28, 2006 4:42 pm

they're the yadda yadda yadda of the punctuation world!
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