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Please note I am describing American English punctuation convention, where the quotes go outside the final punctuation mark. I am aware that British English punctuation is handlded differently. Th...
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2019-12-13T12:00:31Z (almost 5 years ago)
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2019-12-08T04:40:01Z (almost 5 years ago)
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_Please note I am describing American English punctuation convention, where the quotes go outside the final punctuation mark. I am aware that British English punctuation is handlded differently._ The ellipsis is used to indicate a trailing pause. If it's in the middle of a sentence, and you're _continuing_ a thought, usually there's no space after the ellipsis, and the next word remains lowercase. > "I was ashamed...to tell you." If it's at the end of a sentence — indicating that the speaker trails off but then resumes speaking, although the next words are a _new_ sentence — you use an ellipsis, a period (closing your quotes wherever necessary), and a space. A new sentence starts with a capital letter. > "I was ashamed.... You don't know what it's like." > > "I am not sure I will ever be able to forgive him...." He swallowed hard. * * * I personally like to use a space after an ellipsis because I think it's easier to read, but I don't think this typographical convention is widespread. > "I was ashamed... to tell you."
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2015-09-29T10:15:55Z (about 9 years ago)
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