    ellipsis (plural ellipses; from the , Ã©lleipsis, "omission" or "falling short") is a series of dots that usually indicates an intentional omission of a word, sentence, or whole section from a text without altering its original meaning.thefreedictionary.com depending on their context and placement in a sentence, ellipses can also indicate an unfinished thought, a leading statement, a slight pause, or a nervous or awkward silence. aposiopesis is the use of an ellipsis to trail off into silenceâfor example: "but i thought he was  when placed at the beginning or end of a sentence, the ellipsis can also inspire a feeling of melancholy or longing. the most common form of an ellipsis is a row of three periods or full stops (. . .) or a precomposed triple-dot glyph (â¦). the usage of the em dash (â) can overlap the usage of the ellipsis, especially in dialogue. style guides often have their own rules governing the use of ellipses. for example, the chicago manual of style recommends that an ellipsis be formed by typing three periods, each with a space on both sides. the triple-dot punctuation mark is also called a suspension point, points of ellipsis, periods of ellipsis, or colloquially, "dot-dot-dot".as coined by virginia woolf in her short story the mark on the wall -- or so do notes in penguin books' edition (virginia woolf: selected short stories) suggest. ==in writing== it is used to build tension or show that the sentence has been left unfinished or unstarted. in the 19th and early 20th centuries, an ellipsis was often used when a writer intentionally omitted a specific proper noun, such as a location: "jan was born on . . . street in warsaw." as commonly used, this juxtaposition of characters is referred to as "dots of ellipsis" in the english language. occasionally, it would be used in pulp fiction and other works of early 20th-century fiction to denote expletives that would otherwise have been censored.raymond chandler, frank macshane. raymond chandler: stories and early novels. first edition. new york: library of america. 1995. note on the texts. an ellipsis may also imply an unstated alternative indicated by context. for example, when sue says "i never drink . . . wine", the implication is that she does drink something elsesuch as vodka. in reported speech, the ellipsis can be used to represent a
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