Re: Origin of Ellipsis

From: Stephan Stiller <stephan.stiller_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 04:40:56 -0700

[ME:]
> Books never used it. The tradition in typing was developed to assist
> typesetters to navigate the typewritten text they were setting. The
> typesetters never put two spaces after a full stop.
I'm looking at what looks like a US edition/printing (1902) of the
US-American novel Moby-Dick:
     books.google.com/books?id=d4VNAAAAYAAJ
On page 454, I see the following line:
     I␣must␣go.␣␣Mr.␣Starbuck,␣look␣at␣the␣binnacle␣watch,␣and␣in

Stephan
Received on Sat Sep 14 2013 - 06:42:43 CDT

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.2.0 : Sat Sep 14 2013 - 06:42:44 CDT