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Omitted Words & Ellipsis...
So
savory you'll never miss what's missing...
Three
spaced periods (. . .) make up an ellipsis. It represents some omitted
bit of information whether it be a word or several sentences. It means
something more belongs in that gap:
Quote
without Ellipsis:
"Who
foresaw this? Did he think, for one moment what might have occurred? He
is at a loss for words, and I am greatly pained also, for the results were
tragic - when could he ever have known that this would be the end result?"
Quote
with Ellipsis:
"Who
foresaw this? Did he think... what might have occurred? ...[F]or the results
were tragic - when could he ... have known that this would be...?"
CHEF'S
NOTES:
When the beginning of a sentence is missing, proper capitalization is still
required. Above, the bracket indicates that the capitalization has been
changed to make a proper beginning to the broken sentence. No capitalization
is needed when the ellipsis replaces part of the middle of sentence. Notice
also that when the ellipsis appears at the end of the sentence, end punctuation
is still necessary. Hence, if that last sentence were a statement instead
of a question, then the sentence ending with an ellipsis would have four
dot marks - three for the ellipsis and one for the period.
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