{"id":10255,"date":"2015-08-31T14:30:11","date_gmt":"2015-08-31T21:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-crowdcontent.com\/?p=10255"},"modified":"2021-04-28T08:33:49","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T15:33:49","slug":"ellipses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crowdcontent.com\/resources\/writer\/university\/punctuation\/ellipses\/","title":{"rendered":"Ellipses"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Ellipses<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ellipses are used in informal and formal writing.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Informal<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you want to <\/span><b>express a pause or a trailing off in your writing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, use an ellipsis. An ellipsis is always three dots, but if you put an ellipsis at the end of a sentence you need to use a period as well (for a total of four dots).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can choose whether or not to place a space between the ellipsis and your words.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Is that a<\/span><b>\u2026<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">scorpion? <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Is that a <\/span><b>\u2026<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> scorpion?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I once wished that<\/span><b>\u2026.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Actually, never mind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I once wished that <\/span><b>\u2026 . <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Actually, never mind.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Formal<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ellipses are used to <\/span><b>indicate that you\u2019ve removed part of a quote<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Some writers enclose these ellipses in <\/span><a title=\"Parentheses and Brackets\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdcontent.com\/resources\/writer\/university\/punctuation\/parentheses-and-brackets\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">brackets<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and some don\u2019t. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some style guides use ellipses at the end of quotes, and some don\u2019t.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, \u2026 we shall fight on the beaches. &#8230;\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, [\u2026] we shall fight on the beaches.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learn More:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/punctuation\/ellipses.asp\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Grammar Books: Ellipses<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepunctuationguide.com\/ellipses.html\">The Punctuation Guide: Ellipses<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ellipses Ellipses are used in informal and formal writing. 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