Ellipses, Parentheses, And Lists 6.7 Flashcards
Ellipses uses
• indicate omitted text in a quotation
• to show that a sentence has trailed off (usually in fictional dialogue).
• within dialogue they can indicate a pause in speech
Ellipses and parentheses omitted text uses
• open spaces (. . .)
• closed spaces (…)
• spaces on either side of ( . . . ) or ( … )
• can be enclosed in brackets [. . .] or […]
Check style guide and consistency
Parentheses punctuation
A few rules:
• put final punctuation inside when he contain standalone sentences
Ex/
I love cinema. (But I don’t like blockbusters action movies.)
• when an explanation point or question mark appear in parentheses toward the end of a sentence, it does not replace the period after the closing parentheses.
Ex/
I love cinema (and I adore Casablanca!).
• when ending a sentence with an abbreviation we do not double the period. However, when the abbreviation is inside the parentheses, you need before and after the closing parentheses.
Ex/
There are several film genres I like l (comedy, sci-if, period dramas, etc.).
Introducing verticals lists punctuation
• when following a complete sentence use a colon.
• when following an incomplete sentence the colon is optional.
*check for consistency and style guide
Lists of complete sentence
All should have standard terminal punctuation and capitalization.
Lists of single word and sentence fragments punctuation
Do not need to add or remove just check for consistency
Lists that mix complete sentences and fragments punctuation
It should be capitalized and punctuated as if they were all complete sentence.
Commas and semicolons in lists
Some use them at the end of each listed item followed by a period at the end of the final item.
This is unusual in modern writing and not recommend by any major style guide.
Make sure it’s consistent if client is using them.
