单词 | suspension point |
释义 | > as lemmassuspension point suspension point n. = suspension dot n. above. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > printers' symbols and directions > [noun] > omission marks suspension dot1949 suspension period1963 suspension point1963 1963 H. Shaw Punctuate it Right! xvi. 91 When ellipsis periods come at the end of a statement requiring a period, then four of these ‘suspension periods’ or ‘suspension points’..are occasionally used. 1969 G. Smith in Lett. Aldous Huxley 4 He often used suspension points (…) in place of commas or final stops when typewriting. 1972 Computers & Humanities 6 152 Omit some parenthetic clauses of no importance to the context, and..replace them by suspension points. < as lemmas |
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