Punctuation

• Capital Letters
• Full Stops
• Commas
• Semicolons
• Colons
• Ellipsis

Ellipsis

An ellipsis is indicated by three dots ( … ) typed or written in succession. When you leave out a part of a quotation that does not contribute significantly to the meaning of the quote, the omitted part is marked using the ellipsis. These are the standard practices where the ellipsis occurs:

	insert a space before and after the ellipsis if the omitted section is in the middle of the quotation;
	insert a full-stop after the ellipsis if it occurs at the end of a sentence;
	do not use the ellipsis for creating suspense or emphasis in your writing; there are more appropriate punctuation marks for these effects (i.e. semicolons, colons and dashes).