--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 wrote: > > And by the way, it's [the dots as emphasis thang] not a "convention." If it is anything, it is a fad adopted by a few writers who have little idea about why grammar exists and what constitutes good writing.
Exactly. The scary thing is that it's being presented as a "standard" by someone who claims to be an editor.
