Several usages of ellipsis

Example: I jumped on the instructor and shouted, "instructor, instructor ..."

2. Mark the omission of the quotation.

Example: She hummed softly: "Only a mother is good in the world, and a child with a mother is like a treasure ..."

3, said the list of ellipsis, generally add some ellipsis after the list, so that readers can associate the omitted content.

There are peonies, chrysanthemums, hanging bells, camellias and orchids at this flower show ... flowers in spring, autumn and winter gather here.

4. It means we haven't finished yet.

Example: He shook his head gently, looked at the bundle of books and said in a weak voice, "You should … study hard … in the future …"

5. It means speaking intermittently.

Example: He lowered his head and said, "I ... regret ... everyone, I ... don't ... finish the task."

Extended data

Precautions for using ellipsis:

1, you can't use more than two ellipsis (12 points or more) to indicate ellipsis. Ellipsis should be distinguished from multi-point serial number (the latter is mainly a special symbol used to express the corresponding relationship and connection between titles and page numbers in the catalogue).

2. Ellipsis and the words "etc.", "etc." and "what" cannot be used at the same time. Use words like "wait", "wait" and "what" where you need to read, without ellipsis. Example:

Iron-containing foods include pig liver, soybean, rape, spinach and so on. (error)

Iron-containing foods include pig liver, soybean, rape, spinach and so on. (positive)

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