Or is he . . . ? He deleted this tweet shortly after he tweeted it. Maybe because it could be seen as criticizing Twitter on Twitter? Maybe because he would seem hypocritical to be concerned about San Francisco’s shifting demographics? Who knows, maybe he was hacked. Maybe he meant it in a positive way, that the Twitter IPO could finally clear out any remaining undesirables. Wait, wait, maybe I’m being too harsh on ol’ Newsom. It was just an ellipsis with an extra dot. Who can know what meaning lay beneath that fourth little dot . . . . ?
Not to be “that guy” but an ellipsis should have four dots, and spaces between them (like you did) when a sentence ends with an ellipsis, and is followed by another sentence (though I’m not sure if a URL counts as an additional sentence). For whatever that’s worth.
Dude, I’m not sure that is correct. Where are you looking?
I’ve always been on Evan’s side of this. I don’t have a specific source, that’s just how I learned it in school. Three dots for the missing text and one to end the sentence so that it’s not a fragment.
Now I’m thinking about this more and Evan’s right that there is some ambiguity in this specific case because he’s trailing off. So if it was dialog, for example, obviously there wouldn’t be a fourth dot. So maybe three would be better, but the existence of the fourth dot scenario does make Ariel’s calling it out somewhat inappropriate. I’m hung over.
I checked before posting this, and it seemed to be a “dot dot dot” kinda deal . . . ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipsis
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/ellipsis.htm
http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/ellipses?page=all
Evan is correct, as in “Let me see … .” Source? The Associated Press Stylebook.
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now we know who will be buying all the new condos and jake spade bags.
This IPO (and future acquisitions) will produce more wealthy residents seeking housing and is certain to attract even more people from around the world.
The city is going to need to build WAY MORE housing if we don’t want the rents to triple or quadruple.
If only Newsom had had some way of influencing SF housing policies….
If I were thinking about buying in the City, I’d be thinking fast right now. A few hundred more instant millionaires (and we already have plenty), isn’t going to cool the market.
Jack Spade is going to have to open another location if this keeps up.
What has happened to San Francisco is very sad.