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- - an ellipsis preceding a word should never have a space between it and the attached word
- ...Alm? ...Alm!
- ...Why? Do I need a reason?
- Ellipses WITH spaces should be used when/for:
- - a stammer or fumbled rephrasing of a thought
- - this should capitalize the following word, as it constitutes a new sentence
- So does this mean... I mean... Is Alm gonna marry her someday?
- B-but... We can’t just... We’ll get the scolding of our lives if we bring strangers to the village!
- If anything were to happen to you, I’d... I mean... Just don’t do it, okay?!
- - a beat that still continues the same thought
- - this should NOT be capitalized as it is a pause within the same sentence
- I have no siblings... and Grandpapa has always forbid me from setting foot outside the village.
- After all, where little brats play... we’ll find a village, I say.
- - a slight pause to give flair to the following thought, out of theatrics or surprise
- - this should capitalize the following word, as they are two separate thoughts/sentences
- Good Sir Knight, if I may... Ahem!
- By the gods... It really IS her!
- Thank you, Lukas... You won’t regret this!
- - an interruption of a sentence or thought
- - this should capitalize the following word, as a new sentence has begun after the interrupted one
- Someone neglected to teach this mangy pup any manners... Hmm?
- - a character is listing things off slowly and thoughtfully
- - this should capitalize the following words, as each word is its own thought
- Berry... Leather... Straw... This is Ram wine for true!
- Ellipses WITHOUT spaces should be used when/for:
- - dramatic pauses, roughly analogous to an em dash (i.e., if an em dash would fit equally well in its place, go by
- this rule)
- - this should NOT capitalize the following word, just as if you were using an em dash
- He could be the last knight we see for months...or years!
- Grandpapa knows a manly wreath when he sees one...unlike SOME boys.
- - placing great emphasis upon each successive word
- - this should NOT capitalize the following word, as they're all part of the same thought/sentence
- Perhaps we shall remove your tiny heads from your shoulders one...by...one.
- You dare raise a hand to me?! You baseborn...barn-bred...
- Then I guess I’ll stay here and just be...sad...forever... (Good lord, Faye is so terrible)
- - repeating a word for emphasis
- - this should NOT capitalize the following word, as it's part of the same thought/sentence
- Now, this...this is indeed good fortune.
- - a character stutters the same word twice
- - this should NOT capitalize the following word, as it's part of the same thought/sentence
- I...I want my mother...
- But that’s...that’s awful!
- - dramatic beat before a single word
- - this should NOT capitalize the following word, as it's part of the same thought/sentence
- General Desaix will be eager to learn that we have found...her.
- You never take this off! It’s...special.
- - when a character pauses after the very first word of their sentence before continuing
- - this should NOT capitalize the following word, as they're all part of the same thought/sentence
- But...maybe all of you could come with me?
- You...don’t want me?
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