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Wednesday, September 06, 2006
several days ago, somebody sent me an sms that ended with three consecutive periods, an ellipsis (plural, ellipses). normal literary use would mean that something that was originally there had been omitted for some purpose. "The three dots stand for a considerable stretch of prose that has been omitted." so what is the purpose then? did he omit something he originally typed and left it to my fertile imagination? if so, he succeeded. i hardly slept that night. i wouldn't dream of asking him, though. |
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