Ellipsis (plural ellipses; from Greek 'omission') in printing
and writing refers to the row of three full stops (… or . . . )
or asterisks (***) indicating 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). The use of ellipses can either
mislead or clarify, and the reader must rely on the good
intentions of the writer who uses it. An example of this
ambiguity is ?She went to?school.? In this sentence, ??? might
represent the word ?elementary?, or the word ?no?. Omission of
part of a quoted sentence without indication by an ellipsis (or
bracketed text) (i.e., ?She went to school.? as opposed to ?She
went to Broadmoor Elementary school.?) is considered misleading.
An ellipsis at the end of the sentence w