Writing coach and CUNY Journalism Press editor Timothy Harper tells us how to properly use ellipses, em dashes, and parentheses. FULL TRANSCRIPT: The default, typically, when we’re using punctuation ...
Narrator: It can be used in a number of ways. To show a word, or words, have been removed from a quote. Brain likes cake, which he never shares, he has one in the cupboard. If the middle section isn’t ...
The three dots extend from the end of the phrase like a ledge into the surrounding silence. They co-mingle the thrill of possibility with the fear of irresolution. Who can say what varmints lurk, what ...