Victo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Fivejedjon (or others)
Jed,
On a different note, I see you've used the bracketed ellipsis (in another post), which I personally favor over the regular ellipsis. I cannot find an answer on the Net with regard to the bracketed usage for the two examples below.
I believe that the correct punctuation for speech that intentionally trails off would be:
“I don't know how to proceed from here [...]”
No fourth dot outside the second bracket: not [...]. Does this appear to be correct? Is it correct usage?
If words are left off at the end of a sentence, and that is all that is omitted, indicate the omission with the bracketed ellipsis marks and then indicate the end of the sentence with a fourth dot (outside the bracketed ellipsis) exactly like this […].
Does this look correct? Is it correct usage?
Thank you.
On a different note, I see you've used the bracketed ellipsis (in another post), which I personally favor over the regular ellipsis. I cannot find an answer on the Net with regard to the bracketed usage for the two examples below.
I believe that the correct punctuation for speech that intentionally trails off would be:
“I don't know how to proceed from here [...]”
No fourth dot outside the second bracket: not [...]. Does this appear to be correct? Is it correct usage?
If words are left off at the end of a sentence, and that is all that is omitted, indicate the omission with the bracketed ellipsis marks and then indicate the end of the sentence with a fourth dot (outside the bracketed ellipsis) exactly like this […].
Does this look correct? Is it correct usage?
Thank you.
Top answer
I think the use of a period [ dot, full stop, whatever ] makes sense.
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I think the use of a period [ dot, full stop, whatever ] makes sense.
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victoI believe that the correct punctuation for speech that intentionally trails off would be: “I don't know how to proceed from here [...]”As I said in that other post, I am not an authority on punctuation. I can give only my personal opinion.
If I note speech that trails off, I simply use three dots: Jed said, "If I note speech that ...", and th
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