Can we talk about something…?
…I think you use ellipses…too much…
Yes…you…
…Really. This nation is experiencing a pandemic of poly-periods. It doesn’t matter where it came from, and it doesn’t matter how long it’s been happening. All that matters is that we understand something, as a nation, as English-writers, as a people:
The ellipsis does not replace the period.
This article appears in Dec 30, 2009 – Jan 5, 2010.