...to get really, really hacked off with people who use more than three dots!

[candyandyoga]

It's three dots only...not as many as you want to put.

Please people, use the point of ellipsis correctly! I can't stand all these extra dots.

I've googled it before! Never again!

If ... Has a name then what is ?! Called?

It's called showing orf SP

Whats ¥ called? Why is it an option on my phone? Where will I ever use that apart from asking wtf its for?

~ and that? Why a wavy line?

...points of ellipsis.

Without grammar (and punctuation) there is chaos! We need to use it properly!

I must be so thick!!! I use them the whole time... It's the only way anyone will listen to me?!?!

Well I cant use it properly so I will apologise for the wild chaos that follows

I love wavy lines ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ < sorry don't usually get to use wavy lines

I'd love to know what they are for as well?

[ ] and { } and < >

Why so many brackets?

I have better things to worry about. So no, it doesn't bother me.

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ThisReally: I think that's Y thing is the sign for the Japanese currency Yen. The wavy line means an approximate in maths (I think). Or something like that..

As you see, I quite like using two dots instead of three. Is that as bad as 4 dots or more?

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¥ Isn't that a Yen sign? As in Japanese money
~ I use this when I'm computer coding and nowhere else!

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^ I figured out what the wavy lines are for.

oh ToysRLuv is right
it's like 0.99999999999 ~ 1

Damn, I knew that'd happen, the flag is obviously supposed to be on the boat

It doesn't matter if you LIKE using two dots, THREE dots is the correct amount of dots to use and just making up your own rules looks stupid!

ThisReally: The floating dot is for making lists with points.

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That was quite.......satisfying

!! is perfectly acceptable in chess annotations, to indicate that a move was particularly good. And similarly, ?? indicates that a move was particularly bad. Other than that, I'd advise against using either.

Without grammar (and punctuation) there is chaos!

Why does poor old Chaos always get so much abuse on these threads?

Well.. I think three is a bit excessive, really. It's about nuances: when something is not three dot worthy (... = dun dun duuuun!), but warrants some sort of a pause.

However, I wouldn't try to use an incorrect amount of dots in any official context. Just informally with friends and on t'internet. Just like the emoticons, etc.

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I'm using it all correctly now...