X-Spamscanner: mailbox7.ucsd.edu (v1.6 Jul 6 2006 16:38:12, -1.4/5.0 3.= 1.3) X-MailScanner: PASSED (v1.2.8 19343 k7GJlw1e036856 mailbox7.ucsd.edu) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 singhals wrote: > If an ellipsis follows the end of a sentence are there 3 dots or 4? The ellipsis is a unit, as is the period/full stop. So if you're ending = a sentence, eliminating material, then picking up, I would think that it = would be period/space/ellipsis, thus: ... previous sentence ends. ... Having excised some material, we now pick up the narrative ... = > If an ellipsis follows a clause which ends with a , do I leave the , ?= My 2=C2=A2 worth: only if it makes sense. Say for example: Cheryl Singhals, who posted this question, lives in cyberspace. Cheryl Singhals ... lives in cyberspace. Have you checked usage guides, like Strunk & White, Fowler's Modern English Usage or the New York Times style guide? -- = Joe Makowiec http://makowiec.org/ Email: http://makowiec.org/contact/?Joe Joe Makowiec <[email protected]>