el·lip·sis (ĭ-lĭp'sĭs)
n. pl. el·lip·ses (-sēz)
1. The omission of a word or phrase necessary for a complete syntactical construction but not necessary for understanding.
2. A mark or series of marks ( . . . or * * * , for example) used in writing or printing to indicate an omission, especially of letters or words.
The Latin word is: ellīpsis, from Greek elleipsis, from elleipein, which means to fall short.
To fall short... Short of? The goal? The desired feeling? The height of your neighbor? Your potential?Whoa, this could be a really deep topic! I mean why do we use them? Are we a society that falls short... Ahhhh! That is another topic. Let's swim near the surface today.
Ellipses are a way of life for some people. The omission of certain information that is implied. Is that like the PC way of lying??
Deep thoughts. Deeeeeep. So deep... well we have to use Ellipses.
Think about it.
Hilarious! So does that make it dishonest to imply? How many things can we conceal by implying but not specifying?
ReplyDeleteGreat topic. Ellipses are really interesting guys. Also, does one "ellipsis set" (...) plus another "ellipsis set" (...) make "ellipses" (... and ...)?
And how about their stepbrother, the period you need to include when the ellipsis (ellipses?) is (are?) at the end of a sentence?...
Good question... I will ask them later. ;)
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