thedoanezone wrote:anonlooker wrote:Hmmm... this "period before the sentence" thing just might catch on!
I think it already has!!
"The ellipsis can also be used to indicate a pause in the flow of a sentence and is especially useful in quoted speech:
Juan thought and thought … and then thought some more.
"I'm wondering …" Juan said, bemused."
(From http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ ... lipsis.htm)
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" to indicate a pause in the flow of a sentence, sip of a cup of joe or a frosty one ... and is especially useful in quoted speech: " ...



























