Ellipses

Ellipses

1. 1) An ellipses serves two purposes:

   • 1. To signal that the writer has hit the pause button.
   • 2. To indicate that words have been omitted

2. 2) An ellipses must be three dots

3. 3) Each ellipses must have a space between each and at the beginning and the end

4. 4) We use space...dot...space...dot...space...dot...space... the puntuaction mark

5. 5) If one word is used to replace another, then it is not an ellipse

6. 6) Keep the ellipses in breaking a train of thought to a minumum, for no annoying the reader

7. Examples

   • 1. Fincher, it used to show the passage of time
     • 2. Lubitsch, it used to avoid problems with the censors
       • 3. Kubrick, it used for a space odyssey
         • 4. Hitchcock, it used to avoid over explaining to the audience