Does the symbol "..." have a name?

Question

You've probably seen some people type "..." at the end of sentences. Does that actually have a name?

Answer 1

They are called ellipses.





Definitions of ellipses on the Web:



A series of dots (...) following a command, indicating that more choices are available through a dialog box.

dept.seattlecolleges.com/ssccwrite/pickups/gloss~1.htm



dots . . . used to indicate that material has been deleted from a quotation. Ellipses should be avoided or used extremely carefully by debaters lest there be suspicion that crucial material has been left out.

www.tmsdebate.org/main/forensics/glossary.htm



three spaced periods indicating the omission of text.

www.gtscompanies.com/printa_e.html

Answer 2

Ellipsis (plural ellipses; from Greek ἔλλειψις 'omission') in linguistics refers to any omitted part of speech that is understood; i.e. the omission is intentional. Analogously, in printing and writing, the term refers to the row of three dots (... or . . . ) or asterisks (* * *) indicating such an intentional omission. This punctuation mark is also called a suspension point, points of ellipsis, periods of ellipsis, or colloquially, dot-dot-dot.



An ellipsis is sometimes used to indicate a pause in speech, an unfinished thought or, at the end of a sentence, a trailing off into silence (aposiopesis).

Answer 3

The symbol is ellipsis, as has been noted, although it's usually spoken as "et cetera" (etc.). It means one or multiple items omitted (usually trailing off at the end of a list or a sentence).

Answer 4

Ellipsis- it refers to the omitted parts of a sentence or pragraphy.

Answer 5

Yes, it's called an "ellipse". 3 dots used if it's in the middle of a sentence, 4 if it's at the end of a sentence (the 4th dot is actually the period.)



http://www.einfoweb.com/punctuation/ellipse/index.html

Answer 6

It's an ellipsis used to indicate an aposiopesis (see sources for definitions).

Answer 7

It's an ellipsis mark.



It is used to either indicate deleted material or, in dialogue, a long pause.



Technically, there are supposed to be spaces as in ". . .", but usually, they are left out.

Answer 8

The symbol @ has many names. In English it can be also called "at sign", "commercial at", "monkey", "vortex", Chelsea bun (GB only). At Balearic Isles they call it "ensaimada" - kind of local cake that has spiral shape. In French - "arobace" (the expression has no meaning but denotes the sign), sometimes "A américain" (american A), or "A commercial" (commercial A). Dutch expression is "apenstaartje" - monkey; Indonesian "Aa monyet" - monkey; "Aa keong" - snail; Italian "chiocciola" - shell; Hungarian "kukac" - worm; German name is AT-Zeichen, at sign, Klammeraffe (monkey with a characteristic tail); "Affenohr" - monkey's ear, Affenschwanz - monkey's tail, "Schnecke"; Greek - "παπάκι" (papaki - duckling); Russian "sobachka" - little dog, "sobaka" - dog Slovak - "zavináč" - (pickled herring) Swedish: "snabel a" = (trunk a) Polish - "małpa" - (monkey) Ukrainian "жаба" (žaba) = (frog), Finnish expression is - „miuku mauku“ – (miaow, miaow) Norwegian - „alfa“ or „alfa-krøll“ - meaning alpha or curled alpha respectively.

Answer 9

Those are symbols for quotations, why they would put them at the end of a sentence beats me........."Nuf Said"