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minus-squareAxolotl@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-29 hours agoIt mean an incomplete thought or phrase, in some situation it mean the lack of words, i should make some examples maybe "They can be used like… …this" “I don’t really understand… why you did this?” This example show the lack of words for something It can also mean disappointment/sadness “I though i was gonna win…”
minus-squaretedd_deireadh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 hours agoThese are good examples. I suppose I should have clarified that I’m used to seeing ellipsis in literature, but not in interpersonal communication. I suppose that’s what threw me off. It just doesn’t feel like a natural way to communicate.
minus-squareLemminary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-28 hours agoYes, thank you! I feel like I’ve read someone sticking to only one usage one too many times and pivoting their entire opinion around that one belief, regardless of how it’s actually used. Funnily enough, I’ve also read another use by older folks who use ellipses to indicate a separation of ideas. I find it strange and antiquated, but it’s valid in its context.
It mean an incomplete thought or phrase, in some situation it mean the lack of words, i should make some examples maybe
"They can be used like…
…this"
“I don’t really understand… why you did this?” This example show the lack of words for something
It can also mean disappointment/sadness
“I though i was gonna win…”
These are good examples. I suppose I should have clarified that I’m used to seeing ellipsis in literature, but not in interpersonal communication.
I suppose that’s what threw me off. It just doesn’t feel like a natural way to communicate.
Yes, thank you! I feel like I’ve read someone sticking to only one usage one too many times and pivoting their entire opinion around that one belief, regardless of how it’s actually used.
Funnily enough, I’ve also read another use by older folks who use ellipses to indicate a separation of ideas. I find it strange and antiquated, but it’s valid in its context.