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abqtommy

(14,118 posts) Fri Feb 28, 2020, 10:49 AM Feb 2020

I learned something today while viewing the BBC In Pictures offerings... I've long been using

3 periods (...) as punctuation at the end of a thought or sentence and now I know that this is called an
"ellipsis" and is used to indicate "the omission of a second (further) word - to be added by the viewer" (reader), explained artist Ivan Morison. So that's one addition to my knowledge today... Well, I did
intuitively already know the last bit...

I enjoy viewing the pics at The BBC, Guardian and Reuters. Often I see pics of African antelopes and
that's always a gnu experience...

https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-51617138

Enjoy this departure from all things political and COVID-19 related...