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Originally Posted by Alt68er
@ cybmole: You are right.
The most important rule is: the hellip is preceded by a blank when it replaces missing word(s), and not when it replaces missing letters of a word only.
In my case this doesn't matter because min. 99% of the 3 dots are replacing missing words.
Thanks again and have a nice day.
Peter
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A space is grammatically required when an ellipsis is used to indicate a pause (not an abrupt break) in speech, as if the speaker trails off and then picks up again. E.g.:
"Well I told George ... I
think I told George, that it was his turn."
This is a medial ellipsis. Normally, it's a terminal ellipsis (end of a sentence), but I've used it as it is far too often seen now, particularly when it's used improperly in lieu of an emdash. It's treated like a word; space before, space after.
However, in a terminal ellipsis, used to indicate
not trailing-off speech, but the omission of material at the
end of the quoted phrase/section:
"On the Thursday, the annual meeting will occur... ."
Between the last word of the quoted material and the ellipsis, there is no space. There is a space, just as if the ellipsis were a word itself, after the ellipsis. I've also, just for S&G's, included the dreaded "4th dot." The dreaded fourth dot is in actuality, of course, a period. Some style manuals advocate for the 4th dot; some argue against. That's a personal choice.
Most style manuals for non-fiction writing do agree that in non-fiction, ellipses for omitted material should actually be bracketed, e.g., [...] to show that they are indeed ellipses for that purpose.
Gosh, aren't you glad you posted about Regex for this? ;-)
Hitch