Comments on: I love ellipsis… http://ellielovell.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/i-love-ellipsis/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:40:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Tracy Playle http://ellielovell.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/i-love-ellipsis/#comment-511 Tracy Playle Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:41:59 +0000 http://ellielovell.wordpress.com/?p=175#comment-511 Hmm ... me too! :-) I love them. I agree with your point, Ellie, that they're great to use in a blog title almost as a way of saying 'This is the title ... now go read the rest of the post'. I think they also serve at times to mark moments when you're perhaps signalling to the reader that they might pause to think about what has been said. I think language is fun, and things like ellipses allow us to play with language, tone and style. Anyone critical of our use of them should lighten up a bit and hit the full-stop key a little more often themselves. Hmm … me too! :-)

I love them. I agree with your point, Ellie, that they’re great to use in a blog title almost as a way of saying ‘This is the title … now go read the rest of the post’. I think they also serve at times to mark moments when you’re perhaps signalling to the reader that they might pause to think about what has been said. I think language is fun, and things like ellipses allow us to play with language, tone and style. Anyone critical of our use of them should lighten up a bit and hit the full-stop key a little more often themselves.

]]> By: Steve http://ellielovell.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/i-love-ellipsis/#comment-510 Steve Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:14:16 +0000 http://ellielovell.wordpress.com/?p=175#comment-510 Actually, I think at least some of my ellipses are legitimate. I often omit the end of a sentence if it is obvious what it is going to be. For example, in the "If I counted the bodies too..." above the ellipsis is indicating that I've missed out "there'd be even more". I think most of my other uses are at the end of paragraphs, where a full-stop is the right thing to use but for some reason I want to leave it hanging. As if there might be something more coming, but actually there isn't... At least, that is how it seems to me now that you've made me think about it. I've never made a conscious decision to do that - it has just happened that way. I do it in emails too... Actually, I think at least some of my ellipses are legitimate. I often omit the end of a sentence if it is obvious what it is going to be. For example, in the “If I counted the bodies too…” above the ellipsis is indicating that I’ve missed out “there’d be even more”.

I think most of my other uses are at the end of paragraphs, where a full-stop is the right thing to use but for some reason I want to leave it hanging. As if there might be something more coming, but actually there isn’t…

At least, that is how it seems to me now that you’ve made me think about it. I’ve never made a conscious decision to do that - it has just happened that way. I do it in emails too…

]]> By: ellielovell http://ellielovell.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/i-love-ellipsis/#comment-509 ellielovell Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:01:56 +0000 http://ellielovell.wordpress.com/?p=175#comment-509 I wonder whether ellipses are being adopted by bloggers as a way of linking blog entries that are often just trains of thought... Almost like the way we would say 'erm' to fill a gap whilst speaking although of course with typing you have the luxury of pausing to think about what you type before you say it but maybe it's nice to show your train of thought... For me the ellipses is saying "This is the title of my blog..." and the blog entry is what qualifies me writing that title... Any other bloggers with a fondness for ellipses...?? I wonder whether ellipses are being adopted by bloggers as a way of linking blog entries that are often just trains of thought… Almost like the way we would say ‘erm’ to fill a gap whilst speaking although of course with typing you have the luxury of pausing to think about what you type before you say it but maybe it’s nice to show your train of thought…

For me the ellipses is saying “This is the title of my blog…” and the blog entry is what qualifies me writing that title…

Any other bloggers with a fondness for ellipses…??

]]> By: Steve Rumsby http://ellielovell.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/i-love-ellipsis/#comment-508 Steve Rumsby Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:39:18 +0000 http://ellielovell.wordpress.com/?p=175#comment-508 I have the same bad habit... 20% of the *titles* of my blog entries have dodgy ellipses in them, and that's just the titles. If I counted the bodies too... And I think I'm getting worse. The problem wasn't so frequent on the entries of a few years ago. Is blogging giving me bad grammar? Or am I just getting old? You don't have the latter excuse...! I have the same bad habit…

20% of the *titles* of my blog entries have dodgy ellipses in them, and that’s just the titles. If I counted the bodies too…

And I think I’m getting worse. The problem wasn’t so frequent on the entries of a few years ago. Is blogging giving me bad grammar? Or am I just getting old?

You don’t have the latter excuse…!

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