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**Janszoon** · 01-29-2011, 03:18 PM

Also, the "three dots" are called an ellipsis.

Freebase Dali · 01-29-2011, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Also, the "three dots" are called an ellipsis.

Well I'll be damned...

s_k · 01-29-2011, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Freebase Dali

Does that answer your question?

Yes, that fully answers my question.
Thank you so much good sir!

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**Janszoon** · 01-29-2011, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by s_k

Yes, that fully answers my question.
Thank you so much good sir!

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Just to give you more questions: Freebase was only describing how it's used in casual, message board style writing. That's not really the grammatically correct way of using it.

s_k · 01-29-2011, 04:31 PM

I don't think three dots are ever gramatically correct, are they?

midnight rain · 01-29-2011, 04:33 PM

When I go to sleep, I still clutch my sheets close to me (a carryover from holding a binkey or stuffed animal is my guess) and I like to have it touching my lips. No idea why.

I get bothered when people slurp up liquids like soup and cereal from a spoon. I can do it quietly, why can't they? Oh, and on the subject of those two, when people drink from the bowl directly when there's not enough left for the spoon. I know it's so that food isn't wasted, but I find it disgusting.

**Janszoon** · 01-29-2011, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by s_k

I don't think three dots are ever gramatically correct, are they?

Yes. Like I mentioned above, it's a punctuation mark called an ellipsis. The proper usage is to indicate when something is being left out of a quote. It's also used in the ways that Freebase described when writing dialogue.

Burning Down · 01-29-2011, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Haha, I do the exact same thing! They're all the same color so it doesn't help me count but it does prevent me from giving a cashier a large bill by accident because it was mixed in with a bunch of ones or whatever.

You guys have had the same money for like a zillion years

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Originally Posted by s_k

I don't think three dots are ever gramatically correct, are they?

Ellipses are grammatically correct when used properly. I can't think of any examples at the moment, but their use is taught in schools here.

**Janszoon** · 01-29-2011, 04:44 PM

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You guys have had the same money for like a zillion years

Well, they keep making dumb changes like making the presidents' head bigger and whatnot (insert joke about presidential egos here) but they never seem to get around to making the bills, you know, attractive. And it would be great to have different colors for different denominations like a lot of other countries do.

PoorOldPo · 01-29-2011, 04:52 PM

When I wake up in the morning, as I walk( I accidently typed wank by accident xD ) through each room I turn off all the lights because my eyes are adjusting. When I get into the kitchen and people are eating breakfast I turn off the light and sit down to have breakfast. Lol.

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midnight rain Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,711	When I go to sleep, I still clutch my sheets close to me (a carryover from holding a binkey or stuffed animal is my guess) and I like to have it touching my lips. No idea why. I get bothered when people slurp up liquids like soup and cereal from a spoon. I can do it quietly, why can't they? Oh, and on the subject of those two, when people drink from the bowl directly when there's not enough left for the spoon. I know it's so that food isn't wasted, but I find it disgusting.