On or near 3/14/01 4:34 AM, Tim Mountford at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
observed:
> 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.
Do you have a good reference for style standards when using computer
typography, including the single-character ellipsis? As I pointed out in
another message, the Chicago Manual (14th Edition) only discusses the case
of ellipses consisting of periods separated by 3-to-em spaces.
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