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[Peter Bogdanoff]

Not many know about the ellipsis character:

HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS …

And there is also ᠁ ⋰ ⋱ ︙ ᠁   the last being the MONGOLIAN ELLIPSIS.

It’s all in the Character Viewer, on the Mac -- Control/Command/Space.

Peter

> On Oct 25, 2021, at 8:31 PM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> One. The three dots are an ellipsis, not a period :-) :-)
> 
> On 25/10/2021 20:32, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote:
>> On 10/25/21 1:00 PM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode wrote:
>>> 
>>> On 25/10/2021 17:43, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote:
>>>> Delimiters signify the end of a unit, like a period at the end of a sentence. The delimiter basically "belongs" to the string preceeding it.
>>>> 
>>> So I wonder how many sentences this reply might contain ...
>> 
>> Three. :P
>> 
>> Technically speaking, of course.
>> 
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