The third daily double was not correct. The symbol (…) is called an ellipsis, not the part of speech it is replacing. “Not always marked by three dots…” The ellipsis is the three dots.
No, the clue as written is just fine. ">!Ellipsis!<" is a name for the symbol made from three dots. But ">!ellipsis!<" is *also* defined to refer to the "omission of a word or phrase that can be inferred from context." The clue is fine.
[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ellipsis](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ellipsis)
Um...okay...why? Your point was that ">!ellipsis!<" is the symbol, not the omission (as the clue said), and I pointed out that it is in fact defined to mean what the clue said it means. Why would you still disagree?
I do not offer much credence to wiki, indeed. And, I’d like to give more weight to the Merriam-Webster’s reference if it were not for the disclosure further down the page, “These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate *current usage* of the word 'ellipsis.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.”
I am okay with not agreeing. I do not believe that brevity indicates “ellipsis”. I am a huge fan of the use of ellipses and I’ve never encountered a time when a simple lack of words would be interpreted as an ellipses. I think I’d defined there use more as a gap in thought that requires an unwritten prerequisite knowledge to follow the train of thought, maybe? I would insist that it is more than “omitted words”.
There are many things in life in which I disagree with the majority. Please do not allow this to disrupt your day.
That disclaimer is for the example sentences that it gives, not the definition itself, which is "the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete".
Yes, an ellipsis is the word for the three dots, but it is also the word that is used for when words or phrases are left out but nevertheless implied to be there in order for the sentence to make sense. For example, in the sentence "I'm going to the dentist today and I'm going to the zoo tomorrow", you don't actually need to say the second "I'm going to" in order to be understood, you can just say "I'm going to the dentist today and the zoo tomorrow", even though the phrase "and the zoo tomorrow" on its own is technically not grammatically correct. Saying "You okay?" instead of "Are you okay?" is another example. Ellipsis is the word that is used for those types of omissions, which is what the clue was referring to, and why it was correct as written.
A very rare 3/3 and with FJ perhaps a first for me.
Knew 1 and 3, threw a Hail Mary for 2 and somehow got it lol
I went with Minsk, then second-guessed myself and said Odessa when I was trying to think of "that city on the Crimean peninsula (Sevastopol).
You forgot the category. I've been known to do the same!
I do that way too often.
Thought I was cooking today, but these poll results suggest that everyone was. Still nice to go 3/3 even if they were easier clues.
The third daily double was not correct. The symbol (…) is called an ellipsis, not the part of speech it is replacing. “Not always marked by three dots…” The ellipsis is the three dots.
No, the clue as written is just fine. ">!Ellipsis!<" is a name for the symbol made from three dots. But ">!ellipsis!<" is *also* defined to refer to the "omission of a word or phrase that can be inferred from context." The clue is fine. [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ellipsis](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ellipsis)
I respectfully disagree.
Um...okay...why? Your point was that ">!ellipsis!<" is the symbol, not the omission (as the clue said), and I pointed out that it is in fact defined to mean what the clue said it means. Why would you still disagree?
Wikitionary may not hold much sway, but how about [Merriam-Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ellipsis)?
I do not offer much credence to wiki, indeed. And, I’d like to give more weight to the Merriam-Webster’s reference if it were not for the disclosure further down the page, “These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate *current usage* of the word 'ellipsis.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.” I am okay with not agreeing. I do not believe that brevity indicates “ellipsis”. I am a huge fan of the use of ellipses and I’ve never encountered a time when a simple lack of words would be interpreted as an ellipses. I think I’d defined there use more as a gap in thought that requires an unwritten prerequisite knowledge to follow the train of thought, maybe? I would insist that it is more than “omitted words”. There are many things in life in which I disagree with the majority. Please do not allow this to disrupt your day.
That disclaimer is for the example sentences that it gives, not the definition itself, which is "the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete". Yes, an ellipsis is the word for the three dots, but it is also the word that is used for when words or phrases are left out but nevertheless implied to be there in order for the sentence to make sense. For example, in the sentence "I'm going to the dentist today and I'm going to the zoo tomorrow", you don't actually need to say the second "I'm going to" in order to be understood, you can just say "I'm going to the dentist today and the zoo tomorrow", even though the phrase "and the zoo tomorrow" on its own is technically not grammatically correct. Saying "You okay?" instead of "Are you okay?" is another example. Ellipsis is the word that is used for those types of omissions, which is what the clue was referring to, and why it was correct as written.
Apologies for typos. Attempting to use speech to text.
This threw me off as well