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I have a gripey post here that I don't want to put on FB because many people do this.

Posted by JaxSean (aka JaxSean) Feb 23 '20, 07:54

when did the ellipsis take the place of a period? I see so many (typically older?) people typing like this now and it really is turning into a pet peeve of mine.

"so I was going to the store...then I got some milk...where did the time go...is anyone else doing the pancake thing...lol"

what the hell?

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I have a tendency to overuse ellipses, but I agree with you. - ReluctantCynic Feb 23, 10:45 1
- I went to a pizza parlor that sold pizza by the slice....I saw a guy in the kitchen tossing a triangle. -- (edited) - Steven Wright. Feb 23, 10:48
That pisses me...off -- nm - Bacon Feb 23, 10:34
Well, Mr. ee cummings...after people stopped using capitalization... -- nm - Max Feb 23, 10:29
First they took away our second space after a period, and we did nothing... -- nm - Spawn Feb 23, 09:57
I do this all the time. ST called me out on it, a few years back—I also use to some sort of pause or thoughtfulness...or an “oh well,“ type of response -- nm* - Flavorize— Feb 23, 09:49
Picked it up back in the BBS days. Not sure why, but that was the way everyone was doing it. Just old habit. It's odd as well because it doesn't - VMan Feb 23, 08:28
I've always considered ... more of a "pause for effect" kind of thing, between a comma and a period. - Cuzzin Todd Feb 23, 08:00 8
- Looking up the rules, there are different ways to use it. I think I'm in the "Use an ellipsis to show a break, or trailing off, of a thought" camp. - zunk lake county Feb 23, 08:14 1
  - I'd include trailing off thought in usage, too. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 23, 08:22
- word -- nm - Beaker Feb 23, 08:02
- *angry emoji* -- nm - JaxSean Feb 23, 08:01 4
  - And yes, an ellipsis can be used as such, but not 10 times in a paragraph. - JaxSean Feb 23, 08:10 3
    - Used that way it's like text uptalk. -- nm - Reagen Feb 23, 08:40
    - Is her mother IN the piano? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 23, 08:18
    - All the ellipsisesss's do there is make it hard to read. -- nm - zunk lake county Feb 23, 08:15

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