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Thu Jul-31-08 10:41 AM
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| I just gave a grammar lesson to a 2nd-year law student. |
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:woohoo:
On the proper use of ellipsis points. . . . ;)
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Thu Jul-31-08 10:43 AM
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Tell me they weren't using elipses in a legal document......
. . . . . that's just not done..... is it?
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Thu Jul-31-08 10:45 AM
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| 2. It......... is for....... quoted text. |
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Thu Jul-31-08 10:48 AM
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| 4. And it reads like a William Shatner line. |
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Thu Jul-31-08 10:57 AM
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Thu Jul-31-08 10:47 AM
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| 3. It's done all the time. |
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The ellipses indicate irrelevant text and readers can use the citation to see the original. It's not a big deal.
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Thu Jul-31-08 10:49 AM
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I'm thinking the problem was the use of more than three dots...
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Thu Jul-31-08 10:59 AM
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| 7. that was the problem, but he used three - just not in the proper place, |
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and not spaced ... like this ... no matter whether the sentence ended ... or was truncated.
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