I have been thinking about the changing nature of the ellipsis as a grammatical device. A few days ago, I was going over a draft of a graphic novel I am about to send to the publisher. It is called ...

The three dots extend from the end of the phrase like a ledge into the surrounding silence. They co-mingle the thrill of possibility with the fear of irresolution. Who can say what varmints lurk, what ...

The punctuation mark of the ellipsis is perhaps the most unusual mark in the English language, for punctuation marks are designed to convey meaning by indicating relationships between ideas, but the ...

An ellipsis is three dots used when leaving out a word or a phrase. Three dots: no more, no less and there are different ways to use it. ‘The space station has a cracked window… dangerous.’ Notice I ...

You've probably seen the three-dot ellipsis in everything from thesis papers to text messages. It indicates the omission of one or more words or a trailing off of speech. I'm using it in this sentence ...

Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Vol. 31, No. 1 (March 2009), pp. 93-123 (31 pages) This article examines sensitivity to structural parallelism in verb phrase ellipsis constructions in English ...