Re: Spacing and Tabs and Automatic Ellipsis (Dots?) Creation Problems

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From: Dominic_Hurley
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:00

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      ellipses ... turn out ... to actually be a typographical usage rather
      than a specific mark.





I've always understood the situation as the OED has it, which is that in English "ellipsis" has two basic meanings, one being the omission of words or sentences and the other being the three-dot symbol (used to indicate the former). So, while a dash or a number of asterisks may be used to indicate an ellipsis, I wouldn't call them an ellipsis (if you see what I mean). I'd still call them dashes and asterisks and leave the term ellipsis for the three-dot mark.

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