How Do You Use Suspensive Points?

Suspension points are the same three dots as an ellipsis, but they're used to indicate hesitation or a trailing thought. “Ellipsis” and “ellipses” are usually used to refer to suspension points (which is just a geeky grammar expression), but keep the different purpose in mind.

How do you use suspensive dots?

An ellipsis (plural: ellipses) is a punctuation mark consisting of three dots. Use an ellipsis when omitting a word, phrase, line, paragraph, or more from a quoted passage.

How do you use ellipses points?

With quoted material, use an ellipsis to indicate that a whole sentence or more or a whole paragraph or more has been omitted between sentences. Remember that you must first use appropriate punctuation (a period, a question mark, or an exclamation mark) to end the sentence that precedes the ellipsis.