# A Place for grienpace and Fenris **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 3, 2002, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-place-for-grienpace-and-fenris/122186 "2002-08-03T16:45:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-place-for-grienpace-and-fenris/122186/21 "2002-08-04T14:33:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dragonblink \* > \*\* > Psst … dude … Looks like you and I need to stop eating whike posting. Your period is right next to my question mark. ---
**Author:** ![SisterCoyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@SisterCoyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SisterCoyote)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-place-for-grienpace-and-fenris/122186/22 "2002-08-04T19:09:47Z")
Actually, Dragonblink’s use of the ellipsis (three periods in a row) is correct punctuation usage. Your abuse of the questionmark, however…isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![SisterCoyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@SisterCoyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SisterCoyote)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-place-for-grienpace-and-fenris/122186/23 "2002-08-04T19:13:39Z")
Sigh. **Gaudere’s Law** strikes again. question mark. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-place-for-grienpace-and-fenris/122186/24 "2002-08-04T19:59:36Z")
Hmm, learn something new every day. Somehow missed that in grammar school. Yet according to this cite I just looked up, [http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/ellipsis.htm](http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/ellipsis.htm) you **SisterCoyote** improperly did not provide a space following the last letter prior to your ellipsis or a space following the ellipsis and the continuation of the sentience. 🙂 > [@](#): > > _Webster_ > In mid-sentence, a space should appear between the first and last ellipsis marks and the surrounding letters It doesn’t appear to me that it should be used to represent a pause indiscriminantly. According to the cite, the ellipsis is primarily used for ommissions in quotes, or a pause in **the flow of a sentence**. In that context you, but not **Dragonblink** were correct. > [@](#): > > _Webster (cited)_ > > An ellipsis [. . .] proves to be a handy device when you’re quoting material and you want to omit some words. The ellipsis consists of three evenly spaced dots (periods) with spaces between the ellipsis and surrounding letters or other marks… The ellipsis can also be used to indicate a pause in the flow of a sentence and is especially useful in quoted speech: That was a period followed by an ellipsis by the way. ---
**Author:** ![grendel72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/91b2a8/32.png) [@grendel72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grendel72)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-place-for-grienpace-and-fenris/122186/25 "2002-08-04T20:16:13Z")
Jesus Christ, dude. Approximately _half_ of the posts in this thread use elipses; they are used to represent a pause. **READ the fucking definition** if you must be a pedantic prick and quote the dictionary: > [@](#): > > The ellipsis can also be used to indicate a pause in the flow of a sentence and is especially useful in quoted speech: WHAT THE FUCK DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU DUMBFUCK? ---
**Author:** ![grendel72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/91b2a8/32.png) [@grendel72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grendel72)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-place-for-grienpace-and-fenris/122186/26 "2002-08-04T21:23:50Z")
[sheepish]My shift key actually did get stuck on that last post, I didn’t mean to shout.[/sheepish] If you are going to correct people on a point of grammar you don’t understand, you _will_ look like a fool. ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2002, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-place-for-grienpace-and-fenris/122186/27 "2002-08-05T12:49:48Z")
> [@](#): > > the continuation of the sentience See what happens when you try to be clever grammar guy, not only do look foolish, but your typo ratio increases as well. > [@](#): > > So you’ve found one thread where I nearly drowned from the derision, mockery and criticism from a chorus of the biggest guns on the board including just about all the regular posting moderators way back when I didn’t understand how dead seriously everone would take my words. And this is different for now because . . . [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-place-for-grienpace-and-fenris/122186.md?page=1)