* Arnt Karlsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030916 19:44]: > > Since we're all picking on each other's email styles; Arnt, what's up > > with all the ellipses? (Been wanting to ask that for a while :-) )
"ellipses" is the plural of "ellipsis". An ellipsis a punctuation mark used to denote an omission, written "...". See also http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=ellipsis and http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=... It's one of the most-often-misused punctuation marks. A lot of people tend to throw them around all over the place, especially in email and usenet postings. It reads as a string of disconnected clauses rather than actual sentences, even when the thoughts would be complete sentences if they had been separated by ". " instead of "...". > ..huh? ;-) Case in point: sometimes messages on this list read more coherently through s/^\.+// s/\.+$// -- except of course for that URL I posted above! good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- --Nick Moffitt A: No. Q: Should I include quotations after my reply?
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