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From: Joe Makowiec <>
Subject: Re: Grammar-Hammer assistance pls?
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 14:49:48 -0700 (PDT)
References: <ebvp5b$rg3$1@askin-17.linkpendium.com>


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singhals wrote:

> If an ellipsis follows the end of a sentence are there 3 dots or 4?

The ellipsis is a unit, as is the period/full stop. So if you're ending =

a sentence, eliminating material, then picking up, I would think that it =

would be period/space/ellipsis, thus:

... previous sentence ends. ... Having excised some material, we
now pick up the narrative ... =


> If an ellipsis follows a clause which ends with a , do I leave the , ?=


My 2=C2=A2 worth: only if it makes sense. Say for example:

Cheryl Singhals, who posted this question, lives in cyberspace.

Cheryl Singhals ... lives in cyberspace.

Have you checked usage guides, like Strunk & White, Fowler's Modern
English Usage or the New York Times style guide?


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