This ",,," thing.

[Slimebeast]

SeriousWB said:

Slimebeast said:

tarheel91 said:

Am I missing something?  I know an elipsis is used in proper english writing to signify the omitting of some portion of a quoted text.  I also know that in casual speech it is common to trail off as if to suggest something or to show a lack of certainity.  Online, this is frequently shown with an elipsis.  Other times, people use an elipsis to show that they are speechless.  However, I was under the impression that an elispsis was written using three periods and not three commas. 

 

 A bit off-topic I am, but could someone elaborate on these other, more "casual" uses of this elipsis "..."? I am not familiar with this use.

 

Give an example where it is used "to trail off as if to suggest something or to show a lack of certainity"

and "people use an elipsis to show that they are speechless. "

 

 Example 1:-

Person A: The sky is gold

Person B: Right...

Example 2:-

Person A: I once made love to a chicken

Person B: ...

Oh. But those make perfect sense.

 

I thought there was a (new) phenomenon that I had missed.

"..."

and not just

...

I thought "..." was "elipsis". Because when you omit portion of a quoted text, you put "..." or (...) there, not just three dots.