Punctuation marks often have several uses. The ellipsis shows (often meaningful) pauses - especially when accompanied by a distinctive intonation - in dialogue as well as indicating omitted text in a long quotation. In my emails, I try to indicate the latter by putting them in brackets. E.g. “Well… I guess I’ll be leaving now.” "An ellipsis […] is a punctuation mark consisting of three dots. […] Ellipses save space or remove material that is less relevant" Voragh On Behalf Of mayqel qunen'oS SuStel:
Don't use it to show verbal pauses. (If you must show verbal pauses, only do so when reporting dialogue, and use an ellipsis.)
I didn't know either what was an ellipsis in grammar, so googling it, I found: "An ellipsis (plural: ellipses) is a punctuation mark consisting of three dots. Use an ellipsis when omitting a word, phrase, line, paragraph, or more from a quoted passage. Ellipses save space or remove material that is less relevant" By saying "verbal pauses" you mean parts of a dialogue where no one speaks, right ? But isn't the ellipsis purpose, to omit words ? ~ ckckckk