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 ...

Three dots in a row are called ellipsis and can be used to signify that something is missing. It is mainly useful in dialogue. For example: "I wonder…" said Harry. The ellipsis suggests that Harry is ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper provides new data from Colloquial Singapore English (CSE) showing a hitherto unnoticed subject–object asymmetry: empty objects, but ...