I was more careful when submitting the book. I always used the Oxford comma, for instance.
But thanks. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Sat, Jul 4, 2020, 5:06 PM Stephen Guerin <stephen.gue...@simtable.com> wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 3:09 PM Frank Wimberly <wimber...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I hired an Amazon editor. She said, I say boastfully, "There were >> virtually no spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors so let's talk about >> structural issues..."[image: Proofreading mark insert period symbol] >> > > Insert period before three trailing ellipsis points. How much did you pay > your Amazon editor? ;-p > > MLA style places <https://www.thepunctuationguide.com/ellipses.html> the > sentence-terminating period immediately after the last word of the > quotation, even though a period does not occur there in the original > material. The three ellipsis points are then placed after this > sentence-terminating period. > > > eg > > Thoreau argues that by simplifying one’s life, “the laws of the universe > will appear less complex. . . .” > > > > > > > > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >
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