Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance Oh, let's see let me make it up... Playful Manfried whose usually grumpier than hell dalmatians!!!
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <>>"Period." is saying "I'm right, period, and there's nothing more to discuss."<< <Maybe in your world, but not in mine. I honestly don't know any way to state that more clearly.> Whatever your intention, several people besides myself have made it clear that's how it comes across. It also negates any sort of nuance and insists on black and white, by definition. <No need for three periods, sheesh.> That would be an ellipsis.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance Is that what that's called? I like using ellipses, and now, I like saying it too.
Originally Posted By Manfried I would use an ellipse, but it is eclipsed by an eclipse. A period piece I should post instead. Like Yoda I am writing now. An end a period represents. But only in a sentence, it does.