grammar question

[Paul Pless]

What is the correct term for
the punctuation marks ...

[ 01-16-2006, 05:29 PM: Message edited by: Paul Pless ]

[botebum]

I call them etcetera dots... but what do I know?...

[Uncle Duke]

"Ellipses" also "Elipses"

"Ellipses are a series of dots used to indicate the omission of words or paragraphs from quoted material. They can also be used to indicate hesitant speech."
From:
The Punctuation Handbook... (http://papyr.com/hypertextbooks/grammar/punct2.htm)

[Evan Showell]

Not sure your question would technically be a "grammar" question, strikes me more as being a typographer's question but,
. . . = ellipses (with a single dot being an ellipsis)

Edited for poor reading and thus lack of understanding on my part. My apologies, Paul.

Further edited to remove pedantic remark and thereby elevate the general tone of the forum -- yeah right, or at least get removed from Paul's doo-doo list.

[ 01-16-2006, 05:51 PM: Message edited by: Evan Showell ]

[Paul Pless]

Ellipses it is. Thanks.

[Norman Bernstein]

I tend to overuse elipses.... maybe it's because I think like that.... you know, in phrases with pauses in between.... it's a very bad habit... but I can't shake it... HELP ME! :D :D :D :D

[Donn]

You could try it LeeGee's way,,,and use commas,,,instead.

[Paul Pless]

instead of hesitant speech I think LeeG's use of comma probably denotes stuttering

[Donn]

IMHO, the overuse of both of them is a dodge of proper punctuation. When in doubt, dot-dot-dot-comma-comma-comma.

[P.I. Stazzer-Newt]

With a view to the calendar. Does anyone know a good plural for "Haggis"?

[Donn]

I believe the plural would be "haggis."

[botebum]

Haggi ? :D
Edited to add- Do you really want seconds of that?

Doug

[ 01-16-2006, 07:04 PM: Message edited by: botebum ]

[Donn]

I tasted it once. That was enough.

[P.I. Stazzer-Newt]

The taste is very variable - some are inclined to be peppery, shun altogether if there be any trace of dankness.

Suppose I were to open the fridge and find four of the little buggers lined up in a row, what is the correct exclamation. </font> I say - there are two brace of haggis. </font> Well done darling, four haggises - that will make a fine supper. </font> Here, there are four hagges, whaurs the neeps. </font> Who the Fxxx put those in there! </font>

[ken mcclure]

Crap. Just snorted my coffee through my nose ... again. Thanks, PI.

[Donn]

PI..If your relative is interested, I have a source for Wasabi starts on the Dark Isle. Let me know.

You could smother the haggis with good Wasabi, and it might be palatable.

[P.I. Stazzer-Newt]

Donn, I found the web site for the nursery from the info you gave - thanks - have ordered half a dozen as an experiment.

[Donn]

Cool! Let us know how it goes.

Dark Isle. Must be quite a place. The few pics on their website stir the imagination.

[Mrleft8]

I do believe that the plural of "Grammar" is "Grammies" As in: "Both my Grammies got me jammies for Christmas."

[Meerkat]

Does eating haggis leave one haggard? ;)

[Phil Heffernan]

This is a 'PUNCTUATION Question'..

I use the 'ellipses', AKA 'three dots', to denote a pause, on the internet. I do not use them at all in paper based writing...

They assume, for me, a different connotation on the web...As do smileys, flash shots (animated gifs), etc....Would never use THOSE in paper based writing...

A new protocol is evolving on the WWW... (http://WWW...)