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I use lots of ellipsis in my posts. I'm going to try to stop that.
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Better to use ellipses and be thought a fool than to eliminate ellipses and remove all doubt... :toasted:"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less."
"The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."
"The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master - that's all."Comment
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does this have anything to do with the supermoon this saturday? because it's ok to use ellipses with perigees or apogees.
...you know, that feels like something charlie sheen would say.Comment
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I think I already write everything I have to say (unless I delete the post). I just put in the ellipsis to either equivocate or in hopes of tricking people into thinking I have more to say, only it's much too deep or confidential for public consumption.I'm not expecting to grow flowers in the desert...Comment
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Ellipses can be used for different reasons...one is to indicate omission of a word or words from a text. They can also be used to indicate a brief pause for effect. Sometimes they are used at the end of a sentence to show....
I use them too much, usually to indicate a pause in thought or to emphasize the point just stated. I don't use them in formal writing, though, except for the first purpose.Comment
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Ditto...Originally posted by Lucky View Post
At least I stopped saying "dot-dot-dot" in my head everytime I used them; the meds are helping... DOH! Now it's back dot-dot-dot
GoosefrabaLast edited by SeaDogStat; 03-17-2011, 02:05 PM.I always liked Alfonseca and he is twice the pitcher Hall of Famer Mordecai Brown was - cavebird 12-8-05
You'd be surprised on how much 16 months in a federal pen can motivate you - gashousegang 7-31-06
"...That said, the hippo will always be the gold standard here" - Heyelander's VD XII avatar analysis of SeaDogStat 1-29-07
It's surprising that attempts to coordinate large groups of socially retarded people would end in this kind of chaos. - Cobain's Ghost 12-19-07Comment
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shouldn't that be "ellipses"......Originally posted by heyelander View Post"I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth."Comment
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I'm watching Twilight Saga: Ellipses tonight...Originally posted by eldiablo505I always liked Alfonseca and he is twice the pitcher Hall of Famer Mordecai Brown was - cavebird 12-8-05
You'd be surprised on how much 16 months in a federal pen can motivate you - gashousegang 7-31-06
"...That said, the hippo will always be the gold standard here" - Heyelander's VD XII avatar analysis of SeaDogStat 1-29-07
It's surprising that attempts to coordinate large groups of socially retarded people would end in this kind of chaos. - Cobain's Ghost 12-19-07Comment
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Tiger Woods need this six inch putt to capture the 2011 Masters............OHHH he ellipses out of the cup!!Comment
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If I had to say dot dot dot dot after all those, um, dots...I would have to hunt you down and kill you lolOriginally posted by Gregg View PostI always liked Alfonseca and he is twice the pitcher Hall of Famer Mordecai Brown was - cavebird 12-8-05
You'd be surprised on how much 16 months in a federal pen can motivate you - gashousegang 7-31-06
"...That said, the hippo will always be the gold standard here" - Heyelander's VD XII avatar analysis of SeaDogStat 1-29-07
It's surprising that attempts to coordinate large groups of socially retarded people would end in this kind of chaos. - Cobain's Ghost 12-19-07Comment
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....thank you Kim.....Originally posted by eldiablo505Comment
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I see you started a blog:
Didn't know you were a Royals fan, though..."Jesus said to them, 'Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you.'"Comment
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