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When you end a complete thought with an ellipsis, YOU STILL HAVE TO ADD THE PERIOD. Therefore "no more and no less" is incorrect because if you end a complete thought with "..." and don't include the period it is an incomplete sentence.

Now, if you trail off with an ellipsis and the thought isn't complete such as: I meant to eat breakfast, but... then that is correct. I meant to eat breakfast, but I forgot... is not correct. I meant to eat breakfast, but I forgot.... is correct.

Yup. I just said this in the thread above too.

/brofists

[citation needed]

looks dumb

I'd like to see your source because the sources I am seeing say there is no such thing as a 4 dot ellipsis.

Source: http://www.dailywritingtips.com/in-search-of-a-4-dot-ellipsis/

When the ellipsis coincides with the end of your sentence, use three periods with a space before each following a sentence period–that is, four periods, with no space before the first or after the last.

As my source states, it depends on what manual you are using for your writing style. Only one actually requires that, all the rest keep it to three. And since this is informal writing, we don't need to follow an official manual so either three dots at the end or four dots could technically be correct.

"When a quotation ends with an ellipses." We're RPing, not copying quotations in the MLA format.

Source: The Chicago Manual of Style 15th edition, sections 11.51-11.65.

There are three different methods of using ellipses explained over 5 pages. Two out of the three methods prefer the the fourth dot, though technically they say the additional punctuation mark comes before the ellipses rather than after (really only an issue for typesetting).

At any rate, the Chicago Manual is pretty much a standard reference for huge segments of the publishing industry, so it's about as reliable a source as you're going to find.

lmao

i love how you linked this page all over without having even read it

If an ellipsis ends the sentence, then there are three dots, each separated by a space, followed by the final punctuation.

and

Ellipsis points are three spaced periods (. . .), sometimes preceded or followed by other punctuation.

jfc anon, if you're gonna try and cite sources at least read what they say

...That thing just said there is one; I don't know what you're reading from that.

Who told you that?

but

why would you end a complete thought with an ellipsis

To suggest a drifting or uncertain tone in dialogue? Like, the difference between:

"I guess I forgot."

and

"I guess I forgot..."

but it still signifies drifting or trailing off and leaving the thought unfinished.

I'm just guessing here, though I read the first example as more of a vocal drifting off rather than an unfinished thought. Maybe they're the same thing, idk. I'm still gonna stick with "..." anyway.

I hate people who pride themselves on being grammar freaks

It's like a really longwinded way of going "holy SHIT everyone, I sure am a douchebag"

You misused an apostrophe! I am going to ignore everything you said and congratulate myself for being clever enough to notice!

urgh, "grammar nazis"

I dislike people who can't use proper grammar to save their lives. People are going to think you're a moron if you can't use basic punctuation no matter how wonderful your argument is. A few mistakes every now and then is fine, but doing it constantly is ridiculous.

calm yo tits. we're arguing over a single dot in an ellipses. we're rping, not writing our dissertations here. i can use twenty god damn periods after my sentences if i feel like it. what are you going to do, silently judge me? crit me for excess use of punctuation? oh no.

People are going to think you're a moron if you obsess over grammar on the internet, too

People are going to think you're a moron

No, people will think you're a reasonable person that might have made a typo, or are ESL.

Meanwhile, people will think that Grammar freaks are morons. And they are right about this.

Sorry about this...

People are going to think you're a moron if you can't use basic punctuation no matter how wonderful your argument is.
Not really. I know a few brilliant and inventive people who typo like mad, make run-on sentences every paragraph, and couldn't survive without a proofreader. Scientist, engineer, programmer--fields where what you can demonstrate is more important than what you say.

Go outside.

We did. It's where we were taught grammar.

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