Use an ellipsis to omit an unnecessary word, words or sentences from a quoted passage. From LearnThat.org.
Yes, indeed, taking the idea of ellipsis a little too far. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
And verb-phrase ellipsis is one of the areas where judgments often differ. From Wordnik.com. [Language Log] Reference
To get that three dots aka ellipsis \ldots although if you type three periods. From Wordnik.com. [LinuxQuestions.org] Reference
The "ellipsis" boo-boo, wow, did somebody have a bit of an accent?. From Wordnik.com. [Dial-A-Wreck] Reference
The ellipsis is the zig-zag of the phrase. From Wordnik.com. [Les Misérables] Reference
The ellipsis in this poem is ... purely arbitrary. From Wordnik.com. [Heard By a Bird: July 25] Reference
Errors in ellipsis occur chiefly with prepositions. From Wordnik.com. [How to Speak and Write Correctly] Reference
The 3-dot ellipsis has been retained as in the original. From Wordnik.com. [The Planet Strappers] Reference
This book sometimes uses asterisks to indicate an ellipsis. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales] Reference
It does not appear to be an ellipsis and has thus been removed. From Wordnik.com. [Through the Malay Archipelago] Reference
You wrote a complete sentence, and used an ellipsis at the end. From Wordnik.com. [Top Hillary Adviser: Richardson Privately Said Obama Is Unelectable] Reference
There are so many fantastic potential endings to this ellipsis. From Wordnik.com. [Una LaMarche: Project Runway Episode 6 Recap: Annie Get Your Gunn] Reference
We need to apply a full stop to what would otherwise be an ellipsis. From Wordnik.com. [How a clumsy Italian stonemason brought home the sorrows of war] Reference
My sentences keep trailing off in ellipsis points ... so tired ... so. From Wordnik.com. [Spencer Green: The Incredible Two-Headed Leno-O'Brien Transplant!] Reference
An oval is never mistaken for a circle, nor an hyperbola for an ellipsis. From Wordnik.com. [An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding] Reference
ALSO NOTE: The universe is located in the ellipsis, the comma, and the space. From Wordnik.com. [Distractus Refractus Ontologicus: The Dissemination of Michael Martone] Reference
She glanced swiftly at Donaldson, as though to see if he had read the ellipsis. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventh Noon] Reference
"Think of Creedence Clearwater … Revisited," he said, relishing the ellipsis. From Wordnik.com. [Sly Stone's Higher Power] Reference
His thought trailed into an ellipsis with a potentially infinite number of dots. From Wordnik.com. [Xone of Contention]
LOL It's called aposiopesis when you end a sentence with an ellipsis; look it up. From Wordnik.com. [Top Hillary Adviser: Richardson Privately Said Obama Is Unelectable] Reference
And You Will Know Us By the Trail of the Dead (yes, the ellipsis IS part of the name)?. From Wordnik.com. [nspblues Diary Entry] Reference
(TASS ellipsis) Cuba will never obstruct a fair and honest solution acceptable to all. From Wordnik.com. [CASTRO LETTER TO U THANT] Reference
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