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I never said I wrote a good book So I guess you know everything too!I wrote a book!
No one said it had to be a good book, right?
I never said I wrote a good book So I guess you know everything too!I wrote a book!
No one said it had to be a good book, right?
I never said I wrote a good book So I guess you know everything too!
Just to chime in here on this important topic... I have never seen the ". . . " version before reading this thread today.
Maybe your tears will smudge your heathen ellipses together enough that they'll look normal.I'm going to go cry into my MLA manual
I like how they mention that you can use non breaking spaces to kep it from breaking across lines...because why make things easy by removing the spaces when you can make them more complicated instead? I imagine this will go the way of the double space between sentences.The Chicago Manual of Style says the spaced out version is correct. http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/qanda/data/faq/topics/SpecialCharacters.html
Also, that's what I use and I'm a 4th year student, so you know I'm trustworthy . . .
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You just made me realize I'm the only person who used the plural form of ellipsis.Me before bed: "Wonder what exciting conversation is going on in the new c/o 2021 thread!"
......*goes to bed*
Me before bed: "Wonder what exciting conversation is going on in the new c/o 2021 thread!"
......*goes to bed*
Honestly, I'm still going to use the no space version...That's the wrong kind though . . .
Me too...Same…
We sound like a group of very uncertain people right now...
Like, sheesh, I thought that starting the c/o 2020 thread in February was still early...let this be a lesson to future classes - this ellipses argument is what happens when you start your class thread a gazillion years before most schools even send out acceptances
Idk but it just looks like morse code to me now (even though that's dots and dashes)Still gonna use both anyway..... . . . ..... . . . ....
Well all I have to say to that isIdk but it just looks like morse code to me now (even though that's dots and dashes)
Still in disbelief. Is this real life?
C/O 2021 was getting a rep as a class of slackers! Now you're ahead of the curve.
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Is the grammar thread allowed to live again?
You break my heart, Ski.
BUMP BECAUSE IT'S FEBRUARY
Is the grammar thread allowed to live again?
I'm never sure.It's February? Are you sure?
I can already hear the sounds of millions of people getting ready to post "Singles Awareness Day" posts on Facebook next week in a hollow and meaningless attempt to be clever, so I think it is February.It's February? Are you sure?
My brother's cat is getting spayed next Tuesday. I made the appointment and picked that day on purpose because it's HILARIOUS but no one around here appreciates my humor.I can already hear the sounds of millions of people getting ready to post "Singles Awareness Day" posts on Facebook next week in a hollow and meaningless attempt to be clever, so I think it is February.
Ignore her, she's a Patriots fanYou break my heart, Ski.
As one of the forum's resident old farts (and, a foreign language major - which, admittedly, isn't English), I have a suspicion the variation in ellipses stems from pre- and post-computer era. Similar to the debate about whether McKenzie is alphabetized before or after Madden.
I believe the "..." (no space version) is computerese and the ". . ." is handwrittenese/typewriterese.
And, of course, I'm slow and you're onto a new topic. Ignore me! I'll go sit in my rocking chair.
But there will be lots of dramatic pauses!If you reawaken the ellipses debate, be prepared. It's going to get ugly in here.
If you reawaken the ellipses debate, be prepared. It's going to get ugly in here.
My brother's cat is getting spayed next Tuesday. I made the appointment and picked that day on purpose because it's HILARIOUS but no one around here appreciates my humor.
there can only be one true right...I just noticed the age of the topic! And, I'm prepared, though I'm hoping my attempts to prove that both sides are in the right will help.
i mean, i find it kinda hilarious.My brother's cat is getting spayed next Tuesday. I made the appointment and picked that day on purpose because it's HILARIOUS but no one around here appreciates my humor.
I just noticed the age of the topic! And, I'm prepared, though I'm hoping my attempts to prove that both sides are in the right will help.
there can only be one true right...
False. My side is always right and the other side is left.
Three lefts make a right...False. My side is always right and the other side is left.
Three lefts make a right . . .
thank you!! @awesomenessity made it for me for the WW Basics game that's running right now, so it has a PSL!I would just like to say that I love your avatar. Also, I love otters. A lot.
If you reawaken the ellipses debate, be prepared. It's going to get ugly in here.
which side are you onSomeone called for me?
which side are you on
See, you came here to fight. I came here because they want it to get ugly in here and that is basically my bat signal.Someone called for me?