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The ellipsis (, plural ellipses; from , , ), rendered , alternatively described as suspension points/dots, points/periods of ellipsis, or ellipsis points, or colloquialism, colloquially, dot-dot-dot,. According to Toner it is difficult to establish when the "dot dot dot" phrase was first used. There is an early instance, which is perhaps the first in a piece of fiction, in Virginia Woolf's short story "An Unwritten Novel" (1920). is a punctuation mark consisting of a series of three dots. An ellipsis can be used in many ways, such as for intentional omission of text or numbers, to imply a concept without using words. Style guides differ on how to render an ellipsis in printed material. Style Opinions differ on how to render an ellipsis in printed material and are to some extent based on the technology used for rendering. According to ''The Chicago Manual of Style'', it should consist of three full stop, periods, each separated from its neighbor by a non-breaking space: . Acc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ELLIPSIS
The ellipsis (, plural ellipses; from , , ), rendered , alternatively described as suspension points/dots, points/periods of ellipsis, or ellipsis points, or colloquially, dot-dot-dot,. According to Toner it is difficult to establish when the "dot dot dot" phrase was first used. There is an early instance, which is perhaps the first in a piece of fiction, in Virginia Woolf's short story "An Unwritten Novel" (1920). is a punctuation mark consisting of a series of three dots. An ellipsis can be used in many ways, such as for intentional omission of text or numbers, to imply a concept without using words. Style guides differ on how to render an ellipsis in printed material. Style Opinions differ on how to render an ellipsis in printed material and are to some extent based on the technology used for rendering. According to '' The Chicago Manual of Style'', it should consist of three periods, each separated from its neighbor by a non-breaking space: . According to the '' AP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
