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Being an ex teacher, (but I suspect there is no such animal once a teacher, always a teacher - and even tho I know it is not OK, I correct my darling G's love letters - but only in my mind) we explored the usage of such punctuation marks as 'quotation marks, commas, apostrophes and my favourite little critters - you guessed it - the dash.
I happen to adore the dash - it's not exactly a full stop or a comma, (had to avoid a double negative there) and maybe I am using it as such. To me, it provides a significant pause without being finished - so the thought is ready to go on without having to start a new thought with a new sentence or to fit in with the semi-colon regime.
By the way, I can tell your age / stage / country / shoesize - welllllll by whether or not you use certain punctuation marks.
Clara
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Hi C!
ReplyDeleteI personally love ... but what does it really stand for? Thanks to Mr Google and Wikipedia...
Ellipsis (plural ellipses; from the Ancient Greek: ἔλλειψις, élleipsis, "omission" or "falling short") is a mark or series of marks that usually indicate an intentional omission of a word in the original text. An ellipsis can also be used to indicate a pause in speech, an unfinished thought, or, at the end of a sentence, a trailing off into silence (aposiopesis). When placed at the end of a sentence, the ellipsis can also inspire a feeling of melancholy longing. The ellipsis calls for a slight pause in speech.
The most common form of an ellipsis is a row of three periods or full stops (...) or a pre-composed triple-dot glyph (…). The usage of the em dash (—) can overlap the usage of the ellipsis.
The triple-dot punctuation mark is also called a suspension point, points of ellipsis, periods of ellipsis, or colloquially, dot-dot-dot.
Love R...