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Blogger Knowledge: "(A refusal to capitalize is just one grammar horror that can be spotted at first glance. I can also spot an overuse of the ellipsis at 50 paces. There are two reasons to use an ellipsis (and neither one is because you don't want to write a transition): Use an ellipsis to indicate words omitted from a direct quote or to trail off intriguingly. If neither of these are your intention, try a period. Dot. Full stop. Terminal punctuation can be your friend.)"

Okay, I've been fairly rebuked. Hello, my name is Solomon Davis, and I'm addicted to ellipses. I can see myself in what she just wrote, and will take into consideration whether a period would work instead of an ellipsis. Perhaps I just like to trail off intriguingly a lot.... That ellipsis is an example of how I like to use (and admittedly misuse) ellipses, as an indication that there is more I could say or more that is implied than the sentence says on its surface. In that example, I left off saying that perhaps I like trailing off intriguingly a lot because I think my thoughts are possibly more profound than they really are, which is for the reader to decide. So, Jennifer Garrett, I will take your thoughts into serious consideration.