Grammar Corner: The Three Main Uses of Ellipses

How and when to use the three dots.

DRM
The Daily Cuppa Grande
3 min readOct 12, 2021

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There are a dozen different ways to use ellipses (singular ellipsis) in your writing. Today, we’re going to look at three major ones.

1: Use an ellipsis to show a pause in dialogue

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DRM
The Daily Cuppa Grande

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