[bksvol-discuss] Re: ellipses replacing periods?
- From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 07:30:00 -0500
Thanks, Cindy.. I am glad to have that address for grammar.. But what I
was saying is that in Braille the period per se isn't made the same is the
elipsis, at least not in NLS Braille. Shelley, can you finish Cindy's
great explanation by telling me what we are supposed to do about that in
validating in order to make it sound right to those who use audio? <smile>
Thanks again Cindy, for this great website. I see that they have all kinds
of grammatical and punctuation explanations!!!
Sue S.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 1:40 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: ellipses replacing periods?
Sue,
I'm not sure if you're refering to Braille or text,
but ...
If in text the ellipsis is intended to indicate that
something is omitted from a quoted section, or that a
character's speech or thought is unfinished, and the
sentence preceding the ellipsis is a complete
sentence, then the sentence ends with a period and the
ellipsis follows -- so you have a total of four dots.
There should be a space between the period and the 3
dots.
There's a very clear explanation with examples at
http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/ellipsis.htm
Cindy
-- siss52 <siss52@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> It is just one dot in Braille, whereas the period is
> 3 dots. That is, in
> the case of true elipses. I am a bit puzzled too as
> to why, in so many
> cases, there seem to be extra periods at the ends of
> sentences...
>
> Sue S.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 1:05 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] ellipses replacing
> periods?
>
>
> I think I missed something, although I ususally read
> ever post despite the subject line in case the post
> is
> about someting else.
>
> But I don't remember seeing anything about replacing
> periods with ellipses. Are ellipses Braille for
> periods at the ends of sentences? Are they also used
> where ellipses are supposed to be, or is there
> something else used there?
>
> Cindy
>
>
> -- Jill O'Connell <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I think you have just answered something I have
> been
> > wondering about, the
> > replacement of periods with elipses. Did you ask
> for
> > Bookshare's approval or
> > just start doing this? I'm a braille reader too so
> > don''t know how this is
> > handled in the Daisy format but surely is annoying
> > when we see the periods
> > in braille. Also what are you doing about words
> that
> > should be accented but,
> > of course, are not.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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