Ellipses

[Iveris]

Ellipses are most definitely overused on Gaia, and on the Internet in general. There is a reason we have commas. It's to give a pause in the sentence. Typing ellipses (...) every sentence is not nly incorrect, but it's simply not nice to look at.  

[Smoozle]

I agree with you, even though I use Ellipses a lot it can make a post quite ugly. Although, they can be good if used in the right place.  

[MyOwnBestCritic]

I don't see how it would be incorrect. It's a given that they are overused, but they are by all means correct. It is really the best way to trail off a sentence that doesn't really end:

I don't know...

vs.

I don't know,

Which one is correct now? Sorry to be mean, but if you post something like this, it's all you'll get in reply.

Personally, I think ellipses are best used in dialogue. I seem to have an ellipse fetish sometimes, but I notice and try to curb the usage of these annoying little space-stealers. They can get repetitive, which is a style flaw, but not incorrect.

EDIT: I didn't say to use them every sentence. Sorry if my point was misconstued. I'm just saying that it's not wrong, but it certainly isn't right.  

[The Man who was Thursday]

WRONG. Commas are there for reasons OTHER THAN PAUSES.

That said, ellipses are still overused... but y'know what? I care not!

Only from a purely grammatical standpoint does that matter--and since, in chatting online, you tend to want to emulate your speech patterns as much as possible, PUNCTUATION MARKS CAN BE USED AS THE TYPIST SEES FIT.

Also: capitalization.

Also: entire syntactic structures?


@MOBC: That's still not grammatical correct. As I pointed out in another thread, grammar doesn't give a ******** about how something sounds, its rhythm or WHATEVER. It just exists to permit words to have MEANING.  

[Smoozle]

Ezra Pound

@MOBC: That's still not grammatical correct.

I think you mean "Grammatically".  

[The Man who was Thursday]

Smoozle

Ezra Pound

@MOBC: That's still not grammatical correct.

I think you mean "Grammatically".

Clearly.  

[Angelic_Hobo]

But in Gaia the general public generally use elipses as they expect another member to finish off the comment they have started.  

[Professor_J_Hobbit]

I'm sorry for my ignorance, but i've always had a different view of ellipses. My experience with ellipses is limited to the ones that look like this,

but i usually see them like this.

 

[The Man who was Thursday]

Professor_J_Hobbit

I'm sorry for my ignorance, but i've always had a different view of ellipses. My experience with ellipses is limited to the ones that look like this,

but i usually see them like this.

HA HA HA.

Oh, you clever b*****d.  

[Angelic_Hobo]

Ezra Pound

Professor_J_Hobbit

I'm sorry for my ignorance, but i've always had a different view of ellipses. My experience with ellipses is limited to the ones that look like this,

but i usually see them like this.

HA HA HA.

Oh, you clever b*****d.

Lol, you should buy the guild and turn it into the g3 maths guild!  

[Lady Snoogin]

I actually think the reason ellipses are used so much on the internet is that the internet has a very conversational tone, so posters are likely to type how they would talk in real life.

I do admit to overusing them, though, ESPECIALLY on Gaia.

Then again . . . maybe not. mrgreen  

[Angelic_Hobo]

Lady Snoogin

I actually think the reason ellipses are used so much on the internet is that the internet has a very conversational tone, so posters are likely to type how they would talk in real life.

I do admit to overusing them, though, ESPECIALLY on Gaia.

Then again . . . maybe not. mrgreen

Yes but almost anything can be said on Gaia and those people who use elipses to their own content are generally the worst at other punctuation.  

[limp dick]

I usually only use them in term papers and whatnot.

On Gaia, I use them to show uncertainty, but that's rare.  

[t3hLunchbox]

I am definitely an ellipse rapist. I use them in almost every sentence, and I have found myself overusing them in my stories. On messengers, I use them all the time. My friends like to make fun of me by ending every message with a set of ellipses.  

[Ame Yuki Kaze]

*stands up in the circle*

Hello, my name is Yami no Hitokiri and I am here because I abuse ellipses.

I do it mostly in IMs. I have no idea why I do. I just... do. Oops. redface