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The Ellipsis Is Widening the Gap Between Millennials and Boomers
- bradley13 2y agoWhen I use an ellipsis, it just represents a pause...like when you stop to think a moment when talking. It is an attempt to introduce a degree of informality into text. "Hey, when we get together on the weekend...hmmm...what would you like to do?" Do some people really read passive-aggressiveness into those three dots?
- keybored 2y agoI do...
- ompogUe 2y agoI do understand how millennials use new lines for their pauses, but don't understand how they get passive aggressiveness from it. Gen-Xer: I know a bit about Pokemon ... but everything about Star Wars Millennial: I know a bit about Star Wars But everything about Pokemon
- mydriasis 2y agoI mostly associate this with foreign Facebook, which is one of my favorite places on the planet. My wise Serbian elders will not have their ellipsis taken away: it helps to communicate their wisdom as they write down a "beseda". Their anecdotes and advice wouldn't be the same without it!
- anotherevan 2y agoI'll often use ellipsis at the end of something to indicate there is something being left unsaid. Like there's a whole story behind the comment or quip. Also can be used to leave it to the reader to complete what is being said for themself, without saying it explicitly. E.g.: Capitalisation is important, if for no other reason than it means the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse…