Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Ellipsis


Ellipsis (…) is used at the end of a sentence to indicate a pause/break in the thought process. In dialogues, it also implies that the thought continues indefinitely.

Ex.: He kept on thinking about the missing link in the case . . . and, finally it dawned upon him.
        Harry said, “I want to stay, but . . .”

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