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Vortex Duck	Incorrect Wording	Lead	[-]
Posts: 171 (04/19/08 04:54:23) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None I was told rather vehemently last year by a GCSE English examiner, that an ellipse is three dots, ie [...] However, I am absolutely certain that an ellipse is an oval, and the three dots [...] is called an ellipsis. Who is right, please? It seems not even some of the dictionaries I've looked in are sure
Gem Sealed Emperor		#1	[-]
Posts: 137 (04/19/08 05:13:26) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I'd bet a trip to the surgeon, sans anesthetic, that you're right. Because sometimes you just have to ask yourself "How does one fight an indestructible being that moves faster than time?"
anonymouse21		#2	[-]
Posts: 291 (04/19/08 07:15:53) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I'm not quite sure, but ellipsis sounds more like the three dots to me.
Wolfgang Kaiser		#3	[-]
Posts: 384 (04/19/08 10:09:22) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Ellipsis = three dots. Ellipse = oval. GCSE examiner = wrong. Vortex Duck = vindicated. ~ Wolfgang Kaiser, Zeppelin Vigilante ~ "Kidnapping Nubile Victorian Ladies Since 1867"
Vortex Duck		#4	[-]
Posts: 173 (04/19/08 13:40:36) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Hoorah!
Lethe Gray		#5	[-]
Posts: 554 (04/19/08 18:19:30) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Yeah that's definitely something to go after them for. Someone who claims that and is in an official spot... needs a new job.

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