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Gaugamela

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4. The use of ellipsis can be both formal and informal.

Thu Dec 8, 2022, 12:22 PM

Dec 2022

An ellipsis (...) is a set of three periods that indicates the omission of words from quoted material, hesitation, or trailing off in dialogue or train of thought. An ellipsis should have spaces before, between, and after the periods.

https://writingcenter.uagc.edu/ellipses

In your example, the ellipsis would indicate that the sentence continues in the body of the post, but the colon is more suitable for this, and renders the ellipsis redundant.

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This needs to be settled once and for all. (Yea right) [View all] Prairie_Seagull Dec 2022 OP

Ellipsis posts are like "meh" for people too lazy to type "meh" Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2022 #1

Thank you Mr. La Paz n/t Prairie_Seagull Dec 2022 #2

Another question if you don't mind. Prairie_Seagull Dec 2022 #3

The use of ellipsis can be both formal and informal. Gaugamela Dec 2022 #4

Agree colon better for "continues in body". But OP specified bare ellipsis as total title w no body. Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2022 #5

Thank you Gaugemela n/t Prairie_Seagull Dec 2022 #8

No worries. As to specific example, it is meh as in "So what else is new? Preaching to the choir".nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2022 #6

I file lone-ellipsis-as-total-post in the "excessive terseness fails" bin. . . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2022 #7

You are being a good sport. Thanks again. Prairie_Seagull Dec 2022 #9

I think of them ... imaginary girl Dec 2022 #10