... or . . .

[Kyteland]

In the middle of a sentence:

• Blah blah blah ... blah blah!

At the end of a sentence:

• Blah blah blah....

 

[thirtythree]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: thirtythree

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/ellipsis.htm

EDIT: Of course, I can't see anywhere it says if there should be spaces between the .s or not.

They use spaces on both sides of the ellipsis though. Is that necessarily the correct way?

Nope, everyone can be wrong. Even .edus.

Are there certain times when it's better to put a space before the ellipsis than not though?

Originally posted by: mugs
Just use the elipsis character. If you type three periods in a row in MS Word, it'll automatically turn them into a single-character elipsis that looks like three periods with more space between them, but less space than if you actually put a space between each one. You could also use the character map program that comes with windows to copy/paste it into the program you're using.

? <- Try to highlight each individual period - you can't, it's one character.
... <- Without spaces
. . . <- With spaces



I've always learned that you need a space on either side of an em-dash.

Yeah, I guess that works. I just don't like Word changing stuff for me.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: thirtythree
Yeah, I guess that works. I just don't like Word changing stuff for me.

Then don't make it change it for you, type it yourself - hold alt and type 0133.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: thirtythree

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: thirtythree

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/ellipsis.htm

EDIT: Of course, I can't see anywhere it says if there should be spaces between the .s or not.

They use spaces on both sides of the ellipsis though. Is that necessarily the correct way?

Nope, everyone can be wrong. Even .edus.

Are there certain times when it's better to put a space before the ellipsis than not though?

I think the page talks about that.