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Originally Posted by riverkid  I didn't cotton on to the ellipsis thing at all, Wholeman. I was only discussing the quotation marks. I agree that in a letter, a formal letter, one wouldn't use <...> but I don't see anything wrong with using it in friendly letters or emails. |
I am the worst offender of using too many ellipsis's. It is a very bad habit that I use in informal writing only. In formal writing, of course, an ellipsis is definitely not allowed.
I use it to show an extended pause in the middle of a sentence or as sort of a conjunction.
At the end of a sentence it is sort of a long thoughtful pause, sort of words left unsaid.
But I would be the first to agree that it is a bad habit. It is just something like smoking...hard to break!
