Ok, I consider myself to be pretty well-versed in punctuation, but I've been seeing this weird thing all over the internet. It's like an Ellipsis, but with a bunch of commas. For example, "I asked him twice,,, I knew he could hear me!" At first, I thought that the person that used it was just stupid, but then I started seeing it all the time and by lots of different people, so I figured maybe I had missed something in English class. Is this some sort of "new punctuation," like those new words in the dictionary or are that many people retarded?
2006-09-17 17:12:38 · 9 answers · asked by newmommie 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
When someone uses it like 8 seperate times in a paragraph, I'm sure it's not a typo.
2006-09-17 17:17:51 · update #1
I think it's just the general breakdown of good grammar and punctuation. You're not out of the loop, there's no such thing as a "comma ellipsis" or whatever people want to call their typos.
2006-09-17 17:16:16 · answer #1 · answered by medellia1984 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's so sad. There really are that many people out there who have no clue about grammar and punctuation! The Internet does not make it any better; everyone thinks the crap they type into IM's is appropriate for a business document. So very sad!
2006-09-17 17:20:33 · answer #2 · answered by dcgirl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You did not miss anything in English class. A bunch of commas is a bunch of errors.
2006-09-17 17:22:58 · answer #3 · answered by G.V. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I put ...... after a sentence fragment, phrase, etc to indicate that I have something more to write but basically too lazy to write it. Or, I write ...... to let people know that they can fill in the words or idea. It indicates that the reader can reasonably guess what else I am going to write. I think of it as shorthand. But, I never really thought of it like you until you commented about it. Thanks.
2006-09-17 17:18:10 · answer #4 · answered by rasckal 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
im suppossing ,,,,, rather than ..... is simply to higlight the (,) mark visibly vs the (.) mark and or in accordance to maybe the key with , vs the key with . being a tad bit easier access on the keyboard.
no you didnt miss anything in regards to this in english class. its just online slang.
2006-09-17 17:18:05 · answer #5 · answered by jorluke 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is called a typo. People mean to type this....but hit the wrong key,,,,
2006-09-17 17:16:00 · answer #6 · answered by dragonrider707 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know what, I have been wondering the SAME THING! I, too, have noticed this and wondered if I missed something. It's weird because I have never noticed is so much as just lately. Hmmm... WTF is right.
2006-09-17 17:22:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well.....................
They meant to use these probably "..............."
It means a delay in talking. Like what are you talking about..............
A delay...I'm unsure....
Get it. There is a Internet way of talking.
That is what they are doing. Not stupid we all went to school. I went to college and I use silly little things like that.
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2006-09-17 17:21:48 · answer #8 · answered by ▒Яenée▒ 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
what is your question?
2006-09-17 17:15:33 · answer #9 · answered by guess what? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋