The punctuation mark of the ellipsis is perhaps the most unusual mark in the English language, for punctuation marks are designed to convey meaning by indicating relationships between ideas, but the ...

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As a punctuation mark, ellipsis refers to the dots which indicate a deliberate omission of one or more words ( or other elements) in a sentence. The writer uses it to save certain details usually ...