[bksvol-discuss] Re: handling of the ellipses
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 19:27:25 -0800 (PST)
good.. Then I have been doing it correctly
Cindy
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> From: Evan Reese <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Friday, December 2, 2011 6:53 PM
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: handling of the ellipses
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>Hi Misha, that is my understanding as well, and that is how I treat ellipses
>in my scans.
>
>Evan
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>----- Original Message ----- From: "misha" <mishatronics@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 8:13 PM
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: handling of the ellipses
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>> I thought the manual was changed to say make ellipses three dots with no
>> spaces and treat them like a word. That is, if the ellipsis is in the
>> middle of a sentence then it should have blank spaces around it just like a
>> word. If there is an ellipsis at the end of a sentence and a period or
>> question mark after it, then like a word there would be a space before it,
>> but no space between it and the period or question mark (so in the case of
>> the period after, that would make four dots in a row).
>>
>> Misha
>>
>>
>> On 12/2/2011 4:42 PM, Cindy wrote:
>>> uh, oh; I thought it was space 3 unspaced dots, then another space,making
>>> it like a word. e.g., ...
>>> I may have to change mine
>>> Cindy
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> *From:* Vivian Flores <vivian@xxxxxxxx>
>>> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> *Sent:* Friday, December 2, 2011 8:54 AM
>>> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] handling of the ellipses
>>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> Since we are on the discussion of the manual, I'll add my question
>>> on the handling of the ellipses...
>>> The manual says the ellipses are to be kept at 3 dots without any
>>> spaces, and no spaces before or after it.
>>> When there is a question mark, and an ellipses, I leave it as is
>>> -- ?... If there is a period and an ellipses, so, we end up with 4
>>> dots, are we changing that to 3 dots?
>>>
>>> As to the em dashes, I assume like Lori, that the converter takes
>>> care of it, so I've been leaving them as is.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Vivian
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