PSA: Ellipses do not, never have, and never will replace periods.

[Alone]

Originally posted by: KK
are we talking lunar or solar?

Eclipses?

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: KK
are we talking lunar or solar?

Eclipses?

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: KK
are we talking lunar or solar?

Eclipses?

 

[Alone]

Originally posted by: KK
are we talking lunar or solar?

Rocksalt?

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: KK
are we talking lunar or solar?

Jellybean?

 

[LS20]

ellipses better express my meandering thoughts... i only use periods when i want to convey some sort of definition or finality

 

[SagaLore]

So if a girl is in a REALLY bad mood, would you say she's on her ellipse?

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: Squisher
Ellipses just send me spinning in circles...

Fixed...

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: LS20
ellipses better express my meandering thoughts... i only use periods when i want to convey some sort of definition or finality

An ellipsis is sometimes used to indicate a pause in speech, an unfinished thought or, at the end of a sentence, a trailing off into silence (aposiopesis).

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

I've been complaining about this to yoyoyohowsdajello MANY times. Just go to the av123.com forum and you'll see the founder, Mark L Schifter, use them way too often. I've complained about this hundreds of times and utterly hate his posts for this reason alone. Let's not even get into how he boasts about anything and somehow creates a bandwagon of followers for every little thing.

Here's the first thread I clicked on: http://av123forum.com/showthread.php?t=20289

 

[ShadowOfMyself]

Ellipses do not, never have, and never will replace periods.

Unfortunately what you say is true... I have always hated periods... I just cant stand people that use periods all the time... It makes me want to smack them with a frying pan... "..." works so much better, always leaving a path open to future thoughts... "." always sounds like "THE END" to me, and I dont like that... I like stuff to have continuity... That being said I will use a period in respect to this thread.

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo
I've been complaining about this to yoyoyohowsdajello MANY times. Just go to the av123.com forum and you'll see the founder, Mark L Schifter, use them way too often. I've complained about this hundreds of times and utterly hate his posts for this reason alone. Let's not even get into how he boasts about anything and somehow creates a bandwagon of followers for every little thing.

Here's the first thread I clicked on: http://av123forum.com/showthread.php?t=20289

Gooooo *shivers*

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: mobobuff

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo
I've been complaining about this to yoyoyohowsdajello MANY times. Just go to the av123.com forum and you'll see the founder, Mark L Schifter, use them way too often. I've complained about this hundreds of times and utterly hate his posts for this reason alone. Let's not even get into how he boasts about anything and somehow creates a bandwagon of followers for every little thing.

Here's the first thread I clicked on: http://av123forum.com/showthread.php?t=20289

Gooooo *shivers*

Look at the damn title of this thread: http://av123forum.com/showthread.php?t=20249

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: ShadowOfMyself

Ellipses do not, never have, and never will replace periods.

Unfortunately what you say is true... I have always hated periods... I just cant stand people that use periods all the time... It makes me want to smack them with a frying pan... "..." works so much better, always leaving a path open to future thoughts... "." always sounds like "THE END" to me, and I dont like that... I like stuff to have continuity... That being said I will use a period in respect to this thread.

Is this sarcasm?

 

[Insane3D]

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Edit:

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[Evadman]

get over it; it really isn't a big deal.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Evadman
get over it; it really isn't a big deal.

Says you.

 

[jdoggg12]

One reason i use ellipses is b/c it can often make your written words 'feel' more like spoken. Thats mostly b/c i type (aside from shorthand) just like i talk. Ellipses are good for showing a pause, a moment of reflection or to simply be lazy and a "." would make you look like a tool.

Thats just imo though....

 

[sandorski]

Posts are more conversational than typical writing.....so ellipses convey something other than their normal usage. IOW, they convey a speaking style within typed words, a way to make the Reader "hear" how the words are "Spoken", not just a simple expression of Ideas through the typed word. IOW(x2), Posts don't need to obey the laws of written language.

ahh, beaten by jdogg

 

[KarenMarie]

Originally posted by: Howard
So could you guys just not use them like this... It's really annoying, because periods are what you're supposed to use... Using ellipses in place of periods indicates you never made it past elementary school... This is not cool at all...

EDIT: There are legitimate uses of them, of course, but ending all sentences isn't one of them.

I do that all the time. If I am not sure if a comma is appropriate... I just use three dots.


sorry.

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: Insane3D
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:laugh:

best...post...evar...

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[LS20]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: LS20
ellipses better express my meandering thoughts... i only use periods when i want to convey some sort of definition or finality

An ellipsis is sometimes used to indicate a pause in speech, an unfinished thought or, at the end of a sentence, a trailing off into silence (aposiopesis).

exactly... and how to translate thought from speech to internet?

 

[jemcam]

:roll:

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: LS20

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: LS20
ellipses better express my meandering thoughts... i only use periods when i want to convey some sort of definition or finality

An ellipsis is sometimes used to indicate a pause in speech, an unfinished thought or, at the end of a sentence, a trailing off into silence (aposiopesis).

exactly... and how to translate thought from speech to internet?

What did the ellipses do for your sentence that a period couldn't have?

 

[Rubycon]

See y'all on the dark side.