Ya, you really need to stop using wiki as an authority on the English language.
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 1:35 PM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 11:58 AM, Judah McAuley <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > One of the things that always really bugged me, in that oh so nerdy > > way, is the inconsistent use of ellipsis in the Star Wars prologues. > > The first two movies used 4 dots and then Jedi uses 3. A little thing, > > I know, but it always irritated me. > > > > Wiki says: "When placed at the end of a sentence, the ellipsis can also > inspire a feeling of melancholy longing. The ellipsis calls for a slight > pause in speech." > > Which is perfect...because that's usually my intent when using it. Also > found it interesting that Wiki says an ellipsis is a "mark or series of > marks", but not necessarily three, and not necessarily the period > punctuation mark. > > So I guess Star Wars can use 4 dots in one instance, and 3 in another if > they want. I use more dots to indicate a longer pause.....or more intense > melancholy :) > > -- > The suburbs have no charms to soothe > The restless dream of youth > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:318170 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
