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The ellipsis ... (/əˈlɪpsɪs/), a.k.a. suspension points, suspension dots, suspension, points of ellipsis, periods of ellipsis, or colloquially dot-dot-dot,[1][2] is a punctuation mark consisting of a series of three dots. An ellipsis can be used many ways including for intentional omission of text or to imply a concept without using words.[3]
The plural is ellipses.
The term originates from the Ancient Greek: ἔλλειψις, élleipsis meaning 'leave out'.[3]
Opinions differ on how to render an ellipsis in printed material and are to some extent based on the technology used for rendering. Many style guides are still influenced by the typewriter. According to The Chicago Manual of Style, it should consist of three periods, each separated from its neighbor by a non-breaking space: . . ..[4] According to the AP Stylebook, the periods should be rendered with no space between them: ....[5] A third option – available in electronic text – is to use the precomposed character U+2026 … HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS.[6]
- ^ Toner, Anne (2015). Ellipsis in English Literature: Signs of Omission. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. p. 151.. According to Toner it is difficult to establish when the "dot dot dot" phrase was first used. There is an early instance, which is perhaps the first in a piece of fiction, in Virginia Woolf's short story "An Unwritten Novel" (1920).
- ^ Source for suspension: Trask, Larry (1997). "Quotation Marks and Direct Quotations". Guide to Puntuation. Department of Informatics, University of Sussex. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ a b "ellipsis". Oxford English Dictionary. Lexico.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ "Ellipses defined". The Chicago Manual of Style Online (16th ed.). 2010.
- ^ Fung, Henry (2016). "AP Style: How to Use Ellipses". Archived from the original on 11 December 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ Butterick, Matthew. "Butterick's Practical Typography" (2nd ed.). Archived from the original on 14 December 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.