If someone puts ... at the end of a sentence or phrase does that mean they want a reply?
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... it is just a habit of mine tho i do not speak for anyone else...
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Not neccessarily.
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I think it means they've sort of trailed off, like they were talking and faded out.
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I just do it when my thoughts could wander further but I feel it's best to end the thought there...
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i tend to do that alot......and sometimes im just trailing off and sometime it means HELP.....
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It's like "etc".....used to make people think you know more than you actually do..........
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I do it just when I feel the need.
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I think it could indicate a pause or an unfinished thought. I do it sometimes because it just seems appropriate... :P
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No. The three dots (called an 'ellipsis') can be translated as "and there's more"
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I do that all the time...Just like to... :)
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I'm not sure ...
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I do it when I don't feel like finishing my sentences, so...
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The three dots are called an ellipsis, and they stand for words left out. At the end of a sentence, they indicate that the thought is not completed, often with the suggestion that the readers can supply the missing words for themselves.
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The periods are called ellipisis,(emphasis and omission). They usually follow a statment that you can mentally complete. Such as; You have a package at the Post Office ...Thanks or Get your pain relief ... for pennys on the dollar. The completion of a thought. There are rules for the use of ellipsis, whether it's the beginning, middle or end of a sentence. They represent the omission a thought. They can be over used.
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for me it means i just paused......for a few seconds. It is silence.
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3-11-2017 That is called ellipsis and it signifies that words have been omitted. The ancient Greeks studied such things a lot. They defined an ellipsis to be a figure of speech where a word was used twice but spoken only once. For example "I am taller than you" is an ellipsis because what I mean is "I am taller than you are tall." Nowadays we use three dots to indicate that we are not even going to say it once.
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