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  1. 15-Jan-2008, 21:10 #1
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    What are the periods? I have forgotten what they are. Does that means continuation?
  2. 15-Jan-2008, 21:45 #2
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    ellipsis

    It means that there are things omitted in your sentence.
  3. 15-Jan-2008, 21:46 #3
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    That punctuation mark is called an ellipsis, it is usually used to show where words were deleted from a quotation. Read more about it here: The Ellipsis
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