On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 23:45:27 -0700, Vineet Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> * Arnt Karlsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030916 19:44]: ..what??? Where? When? Or, who? ;-) > > > Since we're all picking on each other's email styles; Arnt, what's > > > up with all the ellipses? (Been wanting to ask that for a while > > > :-) ) > > "ellipses" is the plural of "ellipsis". An ellipsis a punctuation > mark used to denote an omission, written "...". > > See also http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=ellipsis > and http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=... > > It's one of the most-often-misused punctuation marks. A lot of people > tend to throw them around all over the place, especially in email and > usenet postings. It reads as a string of disconnected clauses rather > than actual sentences, even when the thoughts would be complete > sentences if they had been separated by ". " instead of "...". > > > ..huh? ;-) > > Case in point: sometimes messages on this list read more coherently > through s/^\.+// s/\.+$// -- except of course for that URL I posted > above! ..interesting, our old wee Norse context hack has a Greek name for the three young dots. Perils of ditching all my grammar classes, I'm afraid I never saw the need, I mean, Italian took me 5 days, so obviously I missed this bit, thank you all. :-) ..it appears it can be argued that the Greek name has a pretty nice meaning contextually, in my wee context? ;-) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
