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An ellipsis is a mark to indicate a place in text where an elision was made.
That is to say, a part of the text was "knocked" from the text. The
three-dot mark along the text baseline insicates the place it once was. [fr.
Latin elidire-to knock].

An Ellipsis is a mark to indicate a place in text where an elision was made.
.... [fr. Latin elidire-to knock].

This is three periods: ...
This is an ellipsis: . It is ANSI/ASCII glyph 133

Irt is difficult to tell them apart in many fonts.


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JoAnn illistrates an informal use of ellipsis, to indicate a trailing off or
extinguishing expression of thought. ...often with the meaning, I
will/need/should/can/may not say any more.

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:-)

It can also mean that my ADD kicked in and just as I started typing
it.......hey, look at what the cat's doing now!

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Yo JoAnn

If three dots is an ellipsis, what is the term for two dots (other than
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Parkinson's? (I am so ashamed of myself for that one.)

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I'm not JoAnn but
: is two dots and is a colon [fr. Greek, kolon-limb]
ü the dots above the u are a dieresis [fr. Greek diaresis-a division]

Is either what you are thinking of ... or is this a set-up for a joke?

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Knowing Mike, I was set up. ;-)

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: is two dots and is a colon [fr. Greek, kolon-limb]
ü the dots above the u are a dieresis [fr. Greek diaresis-a division]

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An elipsis... On a drop down menu in most programs, it indicates that
options will be available when on clicks on it.
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Knowing Mike, I was set up. ;-)

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: is two dots and is a colon [fr. Greek, kolon-limb]
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Hey.. now would I do that?.. d'ya think we should tell Tom?.. :-)

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No, he might give us the dickens for posting off-topic...

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Much, much too late for that!

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That's what my mom says too. :-)

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That's *your* rule, not his. :-)

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