The ending of paragraphs with an ironic ellipsis or dying fall is a technique which, with the right timing, probably did him well when he was working hard at lecture tours.
In the case of a square with sides of length 1, the diagonal is √2, written as 1.414213562…, where the ellipsis indicates an endless sequence of digits with no pattern.
In principle, any finite set can be defined by an explicit list of its members, but specifying infinite sets requires a rule or pattern to indicate membership; for example, the ellipsis in {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, …} indicates that the list of natural numbers N goes on forever.
The first few word in the sentence he actually uttered are omitted, says Drew, and in their place, an ellipsis is inserted into the script: "… I was involved in a cover-up as you call it".
In most motion pictures, the story may be assumed to be presented in chronological order and in real time except when certain conventions are invoked, such as ellipsis, repetition for emphasis, flashbacks, or dream sequences.
The narrative may be advanced with immense speed and economy simply by the omission, or ellipsis, of what is not essential.
All this happens fast; Kore-eda, though averse to sudden movements of the camera, is a master of the swift ellipsis, and, before we know it, the other couple in the equation — Yudai (Riri Furanki) and his wife, Yukari (Yoko Maki) — are ushered in for a meeting.
If I had invented the interrogative ellipsis, I think I'd have gone with "Punctuation???" Or maybe "Punctuation;" it would have the effect of suggesting that you supply your own subtitle.
To me it looks off balance — a triumph of design over tradition — partly because there is no space between the word and the ellipsis.
Many times reporting in Iraq I came across the half truth, the ellipsis version, the self-edit.
(The assassin, a Soviet agent named Ramón Mercader, can't be blamed for every ellipsis. The editor admits elsewhere, "Like most authors, Trotsky was more optimistic than accurate about the expected date of completion").
