So Chicago or AP?
Chicago says that ellipses should be three dots separated by non-breaking spaces (. . .) instead of just three dots (...). That is just SO WRONG. I cannot abide.
Wash: You want a slinky dress? I can buy you a slinky dress. Captain, can I have money for a slinky dress? Jayne: I'll chip in. Zoe: I can hurt you.
'Shindig'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Tom Scola - Mar 04, 2013 7:15:28 am PST #13579 of 30001
hwæt
Amy - Mar 04, 2013 7:25:33 am PST #13580 of 30001
Because books.
It is so right!
I love Chicago. Even though I'm supposed to edit AP style now.
Connie Neil - Mar 04, 2013 7:25:51 am PST #13581 of 30001
brillig
I prefer the look of the spaces between the dots, but it makes text formatting tricky.
-t - Mar 04, 2013 7:35:40 am PST #13582 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Spaces between the dots is what I was taught, but I frequently have trouble making it look right and resort to no spaces.
-t - Mar 04, 2013 7:37:03 am PST #13583 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Grammar Day will be a state holiday on Buffista Island, I assume. With cake and pie and absinthe and long discussions about how to punctuate lists of same.
Amy - Mar 04, 2013 7:38:36 am PST #13584 of 30001
Because books.
And everyone will wear a crown of semi-colons.
Sophia Brooks - Mar 04, 2013 7:44:22 am PST #13585 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I was confused by Hug a GI day as well, since I am working on and Anatomy and Physiology course right now!
I can't imagine spaces between the periods in ellipses, but I calso can't stop myself from doing 2 spaces after a period. I actually find it easier to read.
Ginger - Mar 04, 2013 8:37:05 am PST #13586 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Oh, no, Amy!
For today's celebrations, I vote for AP style and pound cake.
Scrappy - Mar 04, 2013 8:39:45 am PST #13587 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
So sorry, Amy!
Steph L. - Mar 04, 2013 8:43:50 am PST #13588 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
pound cake.
I think you mean # cake.