Macmillan Holdings, LLC. Grammar Girl, Grammar Girl's, QDnow, and Quick and Dirty Tips are all trademarks of Macmillan Holdings, LLC. Today's topic is ellipsis.. Unsure grammar Is . . . is this correct? Or Is... is this correct? http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/ellipsis.aspx?commentid=18289#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/ellipsis.aspx?commentid=18289#Comments Sat, 08 Aug 2009 02:14:00 GMT wandering grammar Sheesh. My carriage returns in the previous comment got eaten, which makes the example look wrong. Imagine the initial part of the sentence, and each of the two fragment, on their own line. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/ellipsis.aspx?commentid=18002#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/ellipsis.aspx?commentid=18002#Comments Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:35:19 GMT Wondering grammar I would use ellipses when... ...writing a list like this? ...not writing a list like this? (And...would I put them at both the end, and beginning, like I did above? Or just the end? Or just the beginning?) http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/ellipsis.aspx?commentid=18001#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/ellipsis.aspx?commentid=18001#Comments Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:28:26 GMT jonas3333 grammar This has been quite informative. However, I'm curious as I use ellipses often to indicate an insinuation or to insinuate suspicion. Ex: "So I hear Brenda was at the bar again last night..." or "they tell me the moon makes one crazy..." These have always seemed like appropriate and even fun uses for ellipses but are they actually completely not proper? http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/ellipsis.aspx?commentid=17758#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/ellipsis.aspx?commentid=17758#Comments Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:23:09 GMT Mary grammar Can I use the 'ellipses' in the following way? Ex: Click on ...the top of the book ...an entire row ...the cell http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/ellipsis.aspx?commentid=17718#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/ellipsis.aspx?commentid=17718#Comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:23:44 GMT Sally Hanan grammar Love it! I've linked to this post in my blog on ellipses. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/ellipsis.aspx?commentid=16399#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/ellipsis.aspx?commentid=16399#Comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:04:56 GMT Eiluned grammar It was always the instruction I received in English class, secondary or post, that a "four dot" ellipsis was to signal omitted words and the end of the sentence or thought. Do all of my many English instructors (in several cities and two states) have it incorrect? http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/ellipsis.aspx?commentid=13942#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/ellipsis.aspx?commentid=13942#Comments Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:58:08 GMT joni grammar What if you're writing from the spoken word and the person just drops off his sentence; how should you use ellipsis? ("or... or ..." Should there be a space between the last word or not? Thx. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/ellipsis.aspx?commentid=13726#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/ellipsis.aspx?commentid=13726#Comments Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:55:21 GMT Will grammar I am surprised to read that there is no such thing as a four-dot ellipsis. I seem to recall that if you are omitting several sentences, then you should use four dots. From your paragraph above: I wouldn't consider this formal writing, but comic strip writers have been known to use ellipses instead of periods. I'm speculating here, but it seems as if the ellipses are being used as a way to draw you into the next frame—as if they are saying, “Keep going; there's more to come.” For example, Charles Schulz always used ellipses instead of periods at the end of sentences in Peanuts. If you were to write, "I wouldn't consider this formal writing, but . . . . Charles Schulz always used ellipses instead of periods at the end of sentences in Peanuts." Is using four dots incorrect? I would appreciate any thoughts. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/ellipsis.aspx?commentid=13686#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/ellipsis.aspx?commentid=13686#Comments Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:13:41 GMT Grammar Girl grammar Ah! You're right: my mistake would be an example of a real-life malapropism. ("I met the author of The Invocational Devotional at BEA, and he was the pineapple of politeness.") I've fixed the title in the transcript. As you said, it is actually The Intellectual Devotional. ----- -------- http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/ellipsis.aspx?commentid=526#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/ellipsis.aspx?commentid=526#Comments Wed, 20 Jun 2007 08:04:16 GMT Sat, 08 Aug 2009 02:14:00 GMT http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/ellipsis.aspx feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Managing Editor) feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Webmaster) en-us