Why.... do..... this....?

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Bunk replied

8 November 2010, 11:50
Originally posted by RichardCranium View Post

You're all a load of... pisstaking... winkers...

WHS

An ellipsis is usually 3 dots...
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RichardCranium replied

8 November 2010, 11:44
Originally posted by Ignis Fatuus View Post

You're all a load of .... pisstaking.....winkers......

You're all a load of... pisstaking... winkers...
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Ignis Fatuus replied

8 November 2010, 11:28
You're all a load of .... pisstaking.....winkers......
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RichardCranium replied

8 November 2010, 09:53
Originally posted by zeitghost

I've tried to give them up... but it doesn't seem to have worked...

There's no point... It'll just make you dotty...
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d000hg replied

8 November 2010, 09:34
So... what is the preferred approach?
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alreadypacked replied

8 November 2010, 09:22
I just tried to read that quote, it's like trying to read another language
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RichardCranium replied

8 November 2010, 08:56
The ellipsis is used to represent a pause or break in speech. Since on fora one is not writing formally, but nearer to the textual representation of a discussion, the use of the ellipsis becomes natural.

Unless you think otherwise...?

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Also, punctuation was not taught in school for - what? 15 years? There's an entire generation out there who do not know what an apostrophe is. Expecting them to even know what symbols exist is optimistic. So they use whatever seems to work. And the ellipsis does appear a lot in marketing material so will be adopted quite easily.

However, I do not think that reason applies to CUK generally; most of us are very literate. The exceptions are always very apparent:

hi i want help with this problem agent A called me and said hes gto a gig for me and can i start monday but i am in a job so i cant start strait a way is it allright if i like just dont turn up lol xxx kthxbye
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SupremeSpod replied

8 November 2010, 08:43
Originally posted by Ignis Fatuus View Post

What's with the posts punctuated with ellipses (that's a series of dots .... to join, or perhaps to separate, adjacent clauses)? Why do people type that way? This is a serious question: does it perform a function not already available with normal punctuation? Or does it simply avoid the need to think about what punctation would be correct?

Oh dear...
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Ignis Fatuus started a topic Why.... do..... this....?

8 November 2010, 08:38
Why.... do..... this....?

What's with the posts punctuated with ellipses (that's a series of dots .... to join, or perhaps to separate, adjacent clauses)? Why do people type that way? This is a serious question: does it perform a function not already available with normal punctuation? Or does it simply avoid the need to think about what punctation would be correct?
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