A Nit Picky Question
Okay, this is probably just me being nit picky, but...
Ellipses. Gotta love 'em. I just have one teeny, tiny little question regarding them:
In a fictional story, ellipses are generally used a) in text, to indicate that a character's thoughts have trailed off, or b) in dialogue, to show that a character's words have trailed off. Right?
My nitpicky question: If words follow an ellipse (id est, it is neither the end of a paragraph nor a sentence) do you include a space between the ellipse and the following word?
Example:
"It's... my fault."
versus
"It's...my fault."
Does it even matter?
Ellipses. Gotta love 'em. I just have one teeny, tiny little question regarding them:
In a fictional story, ellipses are generally used a) in text, to indicate that a character's thoughts have trailed off, or b) in dialogue, to show that a character's words have trailed off. Right?
My nitpicky question: If words follow an ellipse (id est, it is neither the end of a paragraph nor a sentence) do you include a space between the ellipse and the following word?
Example:
"It's... my fault."
versus
"It's...my fault."
Does it even matter?