Ellipsis (was Mr. Rogers -- crayons -- grammar)

[Haggridd <jkusalavagemd@yahoo.com>]

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<ression at h...> wrote:
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> 
> >Heidi, who didn't realise that there should be four dots in an 
> elipse at the end of a sentence until she started beta reading
> 
> I didn't know that! I always use three. And I put a space before 
> them. So too does JKR. Is this a UK v US thing? Four looks way too 
> many, though I couldn't say why three looks right :)) Does it get 
> changed in the American editions? Any qualified grammarians out 
there?
> 
> Is elipse the standard American spelling? I'd have used ellipsis or 
> ellipse.
> 
> ER

When I beta read and come across ellipsis at the end of a complete 
sentence, I leave a space between the period (full stop, for our U.K. 
friends) and the ellipsis,  e.g.,  "The quick brown fox jumped over 
the lazy dog. ..."

Whether this is given as a formal rule anywhere I do not know, but it 
clarifies matters for me.

Haggridd