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How do I use ellipses?

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 …

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