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Post by jandl100 on Apr 7, 2020 9:08:20 GMT
OK, I admit it, I'm a bit dim sometimes in seeing what is probably patently obvious to other people. TAS seems to be experiencing a whole bunch of posts with .... taking a prominent role. I'm sure I've done it myself. Nudge nudge, say no more, you know what I mean, eh!  Well, umm, actually I often don't! If it's worth saying, then say the damn thing!  |
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Post by petea on Apr 7, 2020 9:20:33 GMT
So, what you are saying is... Well, you get my drift anyway! |
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Post by ChrisB on Apr 7, 2020 9:20:47 GMT
I expect that I am a major culprit in this Jerry.
Noted and apologies.
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Post by ChrisB on Apr 7, 2020 9:24:18 GMT
Of course, if it's just a question of the number of dots, the number in the thread title is far more than the accepted convention. The conventional number is adequate, in my opinion.
Just saying...
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Post by Pinch on Apr 7, 2020 9:29:35 GMT
I was just going to make this^ point - anything more than three dots is grating, but I've no problem with a well formed ellipsis.
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Post by jandl100 on Apr 7, 2020 9:33:15 GMT
Too many damn pedants around here ...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2020 9:37:15 GMT
...so much dotism here...  |
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Post by brettj on Apr 7, 2020 10:18:41 GMT
I have been severely told off by my 21 year daughter for using them in texts.
So I don't...to her.
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Post by MikeMusic on Apr 7, 2020 10:21:02 GMT
Use them all the time
Can't start using the rising intonation '?'
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Post by brettj on Apr 7, 2020 10:21:57 GMT
Because...?
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Post by MikeMusic on Apr 7, 2020 10:23:50 GMT
Sound too much like a Kiwi !  |
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Post by brettj on Apr 7, 2020 10:30:20 GMT
Sound too much like a Kiwi ! Now come on mate... |
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Post by MikeMusic on Apr 7, 2020 10:36:05 GMT
Sound too much like a Kiwi ! Now come on mate... Awright cobbler ! |
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Post by jandl100 on Apr 7, 2020 11:34:19 GMT
I'm not sure residents of NZ are all shoe makers or repairers, or are a dish consisting of a fruit or savoury filling poured into a large baking dish and covered with a batter, biscuit, or dumpling. |
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Post by MartinT on Apr 7, 2020 11:43:13 GMT
An ellipsis can say so many things...
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Post by jandl100 on Apr 7, 2020 11:51:03 GMT
An ellipsis can say so many things... Exactly. So how the hell are we supposed to know which of the so many things are actually meant? Do you think we are psychic or something? Let your yea be yea, and your nay be nay. |
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Post by jandl100 on Apr 7, 2020 11:54:36 GMT
You can't beat a really good rant every now and then. |
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Post by MartinT on Apr 7, 2020 11:56:07 GMT
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Post by Slinger on Apr 7, 2020 13:24:57 GMT
It's... like... called... an ellipsis? It traditionally, (and correctly, as I was taught) consists of 3 "dots." Not two, not twelve, like Trump appears to think, just three. I use an ellipsis to either... signify a pause, or to direct the reader to draw their on conclusions, or do I..? (That was my "variation-on-a-theme-ellipsis").
According to Wikipedia (so it must be true) it usually indicates an intentional omission of a word, sentence, or whole section from a text without altering its original meaning. Depending on their context and placement in a sentence, ellipses can indicate an unfinished thought, a leading statement, a slight pause, an echoing voice, or a nervous or awkward silence. Aposiopesis is the use of an ellipsis to trail off into silence—for example: "But I thought he was …" When placed at the beginning or end of a sentence, the ellipsis can also inspire a feeling of melancholy or longing.
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Post by jandl100 on Apr 7, 2020 13:27:33 GMT
It's weird, I've a feeling of deja vu about that post. A definite feeling I've seen it before somewhere ...
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