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 Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 8:29 pm
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.
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Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 8:38 pm
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.
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Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 8:42 pm
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.
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Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 10:27 pm
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.
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Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 12:56 am
Ezra Pound @MOBC: That's still not grammatical correct. I think you mean "Grammatically".
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Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 1:27 am
Smoozle Ezra Pound @MOBC: That's still not grammatical correct. I think you mean "Grammatically". Clearly.
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Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 2:24 am
But in Gaia the general public generally use elipses as they expect another member to finish off the comment they have started.
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Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 8:41 am
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. 
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Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 8:44 am
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.
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Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 8:54 am
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!
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Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 9:07 am
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
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Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 9:09 am
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.
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Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 9:11 am
I usually only use them in term papers and whatnot.
On Gaia, I use them to show uncertainty, but that's rare.
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Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 10:00 am
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.
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Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 11:47 am
*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
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