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I don't want to stray too far out of the realm of the list, so feel free to
mail me privately if you know the answer, but there is an ellipse question
that has been bugging me.
You can use ellipses to show a sentence that trails off or has a pause,
such as:
As for the grammatical rule, I don't know...maybe we can find a reference
book for it in the library.
But what if you are quoting, and the trailing off is a question?
He then said, "What the hell...?"
Is that the correct form, or is there a space in between the ellipse and
question mark? I have looked this up in a number of punctuation/grammar
references but can't find it. Does anyone know?
Thank you!
Zola
"What are we going to do tonight, Brain?"
"The same thing we do every night, Pinky. We're going to try to take over
the world!!" ---Pinky and the Brain
