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GSC Guide to Authors Ellipsis (pl., ellipses)
The period is used in series, to mark an ellipsis: i.e. something left out
of a sentence. If the ellipsis comes in the middle of the sentence, three dots
are used; if it comes at the end of a sentence, four (a period, with no space
between it and the preceding word, followed by three dots):
An iceberg is a large, massive piece of floating or stranded ice detached from
the front of a glacier into a body of water.
An iceberg is a large, massive piece of...ice detached from the front of a glacier
into a body of water.
An iceberg is a large, massive piece of floating or stranded ice....
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