Ellipses


Writing Tips		Log On About \| Blog \| Books \| Contact \| Gurus \| Press \| Questions \| Radio \| Sponsor
Archive		Hi, my name is Jessie Fitzgerald, the Writing Guru at LifeTips. Enjoy these 353 Writing tips. More added weekly! Writers Need to Read! \| Aug 06, 2009

Jessie's Tweets

@christammiller But not 2010 :D [#]
@Jim_Lochner Yes, I've got mehself an Austin apartment. Now to just get there and things'll be good! [#]
Just got the apartment. Won't be able to pull myself away from packing, following up on invoices, for a while. [#]
Ugh, I have become addicted to the Lady Gaga video for Bad Romance and didn't finish my remaining DS articles. Pushed 2 tomorrow, off 2 bed. [#]
RT @YoPzelInsWriter: What is up with the Twitterlosophers telling everyone how to live? Chances are you don't follow your own unsolicit ... [#]

LifeTips Home

Education/Training

Writing Tips

Writing Guru

Writing Blog

Addresses for Letters

Answer User Questions

Capitalization

Commas

Commonly Confused Words

Ellipses

Essential & Nonessential Phrases

General Information

Grammar

LifeTips Gurus

Proofreading

Punctuation

Redundant Phrases

Research and Reference Tools

Salutations

Semicolons

Writing FAQs


Bookmark This Site Keep up with our Tips


Tip of the Day RSS Feed Fresh Writing Tips Daily




Sponsor Program
Our tips are powerful. Our writers are experts. Our results are guaranteed.




Listen to our Radio Show
Hot topics for both consumers and webmarketers on WebmasterRadio.FM Every Wednesday, 4PM Eastern.

Ellipses in Quoted Matter, End of Sentence

If one or more words are omitted at the end of a quoted sentence, use three spaced periods followed by the necessary closing punctuation for the sentence as a whole.

Example:
"Can anyone explain why …?"
"During the past thirty-five years, we have been witnessing a change …."

Save Tip

Comments

Tip Rating

Ellipses in Quoted Matter Within the Sentence

If one or more words are omitted within a quoted sentence, use ellipsis marks to indicate the omission.

Example:
"During the past thirty-five years … we have been witnessing a change in buying habits."

Save Tip

Comments

Tip Rating

Ellipses to Trail Off

Ellipsis marks are used to indicate that the sentence trails off before the end. The three spaced periods create an effect of uncertainty or suggest an abrupt suspension of thought. No closing period is used.

Example:
He could easily have the situation by …

Save Tip

Comments

Tip Rating

Learn more about our Exclusive Program we offer our clients.

LifeTips is part of ideaLaunch, the hub for a group of websites offering
solutions that help clients improve mind share, market share and profit online.

Privacy Guaranteed.
Satisfaction Required.