I don’t know what’s up with the three commas.
Meme: A picture of Big Bird from Sesame St at a work meeting. The caption above it reads, “I’m really good at masking, no one would even know I’m autistic.”
I don’t know what’s up with the three commas.
Meme: A picture of Big Bird from Sesame St at a work meeting. The caption above it reads, “I’m really good at masking, no one would even know I’m autistic.”
The comma ellipsis has evolved among various internet communities (primarily xitter/tumblr, but also seen elsewhere) as a sort of sarcastic/comedic version of the “trailing off” of a period ellipsis.
Whenever I see , I instinctively feel like the whole document has lost any intellectual value, if it had any to begin with. That said… Will capitalize the next word on many smartphones.
I mean, given that it’s generally used for humor’s sake, I don’t think most people using the comma ellipsis are particularly worried about the intellectual value of their statement 🤷🏻♀️