October 23rd, 2009
An ellipsis is used to show that there is extended thought going on, that portions of a quote are omitted or that the reader should feel suspense. Find out when to use an ellipsis in sentence withhelp from a certified tutor in this free video on punctuation and the English language. Expert: Paige Carrera Bio: Paige Carrera is a certified tutor for both Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties in the Tampa Bay area of Florida. Filmmaker: Christopher Rokosz
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it meant to say ellipsis can be used without knowing what are we talking abou for example one matt never drinks…beer. what could we replace the dots…
“We shall fight them on the beaches [...] We shall never surrender.”
That’s from the WWII film “Letters from Iwo Jima”!
Hi,
why is there a space before the ellipsis?
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