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Bernardo de La Paz

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1. Ellipsis posts are like "meh" for people too lazy to type "meh"

Reply to Prairie_Seagull (Original post)

Thu Dec 8, 2022, 11:17 AM

Dec 2022

(Note 1: I don't do this for a living.)

(Note 2: my dotted titles are very different than this thread topic. If I'm writing a title-only post I add "nt" at the end (for "no text"). But to separate the "nt" from the title you can't use spaces because DU bizarrely collapses all spaces in titles to single spaces. So I put " . . . nt" so that the nt is distinct from the title.)

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This needs to be settled once and for all. (Yea right) [View all] Prairie_Seagull Dec 2022 OP

Ellipsis posts are like "meh" for people too lazy to type "meh" Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2022 #1

Thank you Mr. La Paz n/t Prairie_Seagull Dec 2022 #2

Another question if you don't mind. Prairie_Seagull Dec 2022 #3

The use of ellipsis can be both formal and informal. Gaugamela Dec 2022 #4

Agree colon better for "continues in body". But OP specified bare ellipsis as total title w no body. Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2022 #5

Thank you Gaugemela n/t Prairie_Seagull Dec 2022 #8

No worries. As to specific example, it is meh as in "So what else is new? Preaching to the choir".nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2022 #6

I file lone-ellipsis-as-total-post in the "excessive terseness fails" bin. . . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2022 #7

You are being a good sport. Thanks again. Prairie_Seagull Dec 2022 #9

I think of them ... imaginary girl Dec 2022 #10