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 with help from a certified tutor in this free video on punctuation and the English language.
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What does it mean when people use two dots instead of three?
anthemlog 2 months ago
uwoh letters from iwo jima.. love that because of ninomiya kazunari from arashi...
MichMotoYukaJun 2 years ago 2
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...
Manicheholic 2 years ago
"We shall fight them on the beaches [...] We shall never surrender."
That's from the WWII film "Letters from Iwo Jima"!
jancom777 2 years ago
Hi,
why is there a space before the ellipsis?
dhinostroza 3 years ago