On 3/14/01 6:34 AM, "Tim Mountford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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.
Tim,
So if you have an ellipsis at the end of the sentence should it have a
period as well? "She kept going on, and on, and on ...."
Cb
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