Carl Lowenstein wrote: > On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 7:39 PM, Ralph Shumaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Lan Barnes wrote: >> >> > >> > Parentheses, em-dashes, and elipses can all serve this noble purpose. I >> > save parentheses for the _really_ parenthetical thoughts. >> > >> >> (Parentheses), em-dashes like left-click and right-click, I think I >> know. Remind me, what's an elipse? (My spell-checker wants to replace >> "elipse" with "ellipse".) > > Well, that's a typo for ellipses. Which is the plural of ellipsis. > Which is three dots ... > > The word ellipsis is seldom used in the plural except as above, > referring to various punctuation devices all in the plural. It is ot > directly related to the geometric figure known as the ellipse.
Of course, everybody has known that since Apollonius of Perga (3c. B.C.E.) Must you always belabor the obvious? >.. Regards. jim ( don't need a :-) do I?) -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
