An ellipsis indicates that some part of the text has been omitted.
Many writers are confused about when to use an ellipsis, and use a
dash
instead—or
visa versa. You will most often see an ellipsis in poetry when the
writer must leave out a word or two to keep a correct meter. You will
also use them in the middle of quotes when you are leaving out
portions of the quote to save space or because some of it is not
relevant to your point. An ellipsis is always indicated by three dots
with a space between each, plus a fourth if a period is needed to
indicate the end of the sentence. For more than you ever wanted to
know about the ellipsis, go to:
http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/ellipses?page=all.
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