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Yes. Ellipses usually have three full stops to show that the statement is left unfinished.
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Can an ellipse be four dots if you are leaving out an entire sentence or more?
Only if the ellipses are preempted by another sentence. Anymore than three full-stops/periods is considered grammatically incorrect.
What does lots of full stops after sentence mean?
Three full stops, or 'periods' as some in the US call them, is called an ellipsis. In more formal writing it can indicate that the material you are quoting goes on, but the material is not relevant to your topic. In more casual writing, it can indicate that the writer isn't clear how to proceed, or it can indicate sarcasm, cynicism, doubt, or just a pause in the thought. You have to get a lot from context.
What does an ellipces look like?
... yeah. An ellipses is three dots...
What is the thing that is three diamonds that separates time in writing?
ellipses
How do you put ellipses in a sentence?
You can insert an ellipsis by typing three consecutive periods (...) with spaces before and after each period, like this: "I am waiting for you ... in the park." Ellipses are commonly used to indicate a pause, omission, or trailing off in a sentence.
What do four dots mean?
== == Three dots are ellipses, meaning that something is left out. If you combine ellipses with a period, then that would leave four dots... meaning that something is left out, and then it ends.
What are ellipses?
Ellipses are a scientific word for the shape of an oval. for example the planets orbits are ellipses.
What is the duration of Never Mind the Full Stops?
The duration of Never Mind the Full Stops is 1800.0 seconds.
Are all ellipses circles?
Ellipses are not circles.
This shape has no vertices?
Two-dimensional, think of circles, ellipses... Three-dimensional: spheres, etc.
What should you use to show words are left out of a sentence?
An ellipses - or three periods in a row - thusly . . .
When did Never Mind the Full Stops end?
Never Mind the Full Stops ended on 2007-04-24.
