I have no idea what either of you are talking about.  Are you asking re the standard ellipsis symbol "...." which roughly speaking means etc but can mean pre-etc if it goes before?  And since there were no HTML code in there, I have no idea what JO'G is saying. From: "John O'Grady" <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [DNA] class action lawsuit Message-ID: <[email protected]od.outlook.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" It is HTML code for non-breaking space. HTML code is not supposed to be used on Rootsweb message boards. If it is, you get gobbledygook like  . ________________________________ From: GENEALOGY-DNA <[email protected]> on behalf of Valerie Barbara Garton <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 8:43:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [DNA] class action lawsuit What does .  mean please ?