Stardate 10/3/01 1:03 am, Allen Watson's log:
> Try it without leaving a space after the last dot...like this! I think,
> stylistically, that is correct.
As someone with a modicum of typographic training (should I brag and say an
honours degree?) an ellipsis SHOULD be both preceded and followed by a
space. However usage varies according to style and it is common for ellipses
to be merely followed by a space. Trouble is the MS Auto-correct will
automatically capitalize when it sees a period followed by a space.
As has been pointed out the Mac keyboard layout allows for a single
character ellipsis (alt-;) but this will not translate over email to a PC
user. (Windows also has a single character ellipsis but it too will read
differently once sent to a Mac.) Mind you the same goes for curly quotes, em
dashes and other typographic niceties.
Tim
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