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[(Anonymous)]

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/

[(Anonymous)]

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.

[(Anonymous)]

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.

[(Anonymous)]

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

[(Anonymous)]

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.

[(Anonymous)]

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

[(Anonymous)]

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