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Sat through Dan's Cap Ship Lecture and didn't fall asleep... mostly  Joined: Mon Aug 18, 2008 11:56 am Posts: 11541 Location: Memphis, TN 
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 Ellipses QuestionWhen beginning a sentence with ellipses, is it proper usage to run them right up against the first word or should there be a space?
Examples: "...what?" "... what?" One of those things I've always wondered and never asked. |
| Sat Apr 28, 2012 11:04 am |
 
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Posts are 70% derisive diatribe and 30% poorly presented advice  Joined: Wed Aug 13, 2008 9:23 am Posts: 34301 Location: Great Britain
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Re: Ellipses Question I'm no expert, but I won't let that stop me trying to sound like one...
...no space... ...spaces are for the vacuous.  _________________ "...with frikin' lasers!" |
| Sat Apr 28, 2012 12:53 pm |
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Dapper Metroid  Joined: Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:50 am Posts: 3439 Location: Denver
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Re: Ellipses Question Strunk and White doesn't say explicitly, but the back cover has an example that has the ellipsis directly adjacent to the word.
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| Sat Apr 28, 2012 8:43 pm |
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Network Host  Joined: Thu Dec 25, 2008 5:15 pm Posts: 9638 Location: Redkey, IN
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Ellipses Question Directly next to the word. No space.
Unless you are omitting words from a quote, in which case there is a space between the ellipses, and a space between each dot in the ellipses. _________________ Check out my new, free EP of songs inspired by Neil Gaiman's American Gods. |
| Sat Apr 28, 2012 8:45 pm |
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Oboe's Crop Duster Co-Pilot  Joined: Thu Oct 02, 2008 12:03 pm Posts: 4628 Location: Hollister, CA
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Re: Ellipses Question I believe Mikey has it right.
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| Sun Apr 29, 2012 11:24 pm |
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Red Boba Fett  Joined: Thu Sep 09, 2010 7:14 pm Posts: 10230 Location: Loveland, CO
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Re: Ellipses Question What everybody else says.
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| Sun Apr 29, 2012 11:38 pm |
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