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Tips on Grammar: "After each punctuation mark there should be a space."
A "..." being followed by a word without a space between them to me looks inherently wrong.
Also per American and Commonwealth Spellings, the punctuation also shouldn't be changed unless it's incorrect or it's discussed which of the valid ones to use.
Edited by Amonimus TroperWall / WikiMagic CleanupMy understanding is that whether or not a space goes after an ellipsis falls under the "first come, first served" rule on American and Commonwealth Spellings; different style guides say different things, but if it's done one way, leave it that way unless you're completely re-writing the entry.
(I share StFan and Anonimus' preference for a space after an ellipsis, but I generally leave entries as they are if they don't have them.)
Ellipses are punctuation. Punctuation needs to have a space after it, unless it's being used to denote missing letters in contractions — which ellipses manifestly are not.
I am honestly baffled that anyone would think otherwise.
Edited by RoseAndHeather I serve at the pleasure of President Pritchart.As I noted, ellipses are end-of-sentence punctuation marks and therefore need to have a space after to denote the beginning of a new sentence.
I serve at the pleasure of President Pritchart.If it helps, i think the ATT thread the OP refers to is one I made regarding an edit war over the issue
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/query.php?parent_id=98944&type=att
As far as I know, the only instance in printed media where ellipses are not followed by a space is when they are used to start a sentence, which is a visual shorthand used to show that the speaker is hesitating (similar to a Beat). e.g. "How many should I use?" "...All of them?"
- Fly, robin, fly! - ...I'm trying!Not universally correct; different style guides have different recommendations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipsis#In_different_languages
The style you two are advocating feels and looks natural, though.
Vilui, the Oxford exception you're discussing applies to ellipses being used to stand in for redacted words in sentences though, not to ellipses being used as end-of-sentence punctuation or to indicate a pause in the sentence (where spaces are used). I've very rarely seen ellipses used for the former purpose on this wiki — they're almost always used to signal a pause in speech/a sentence, to indicate a Beat before a sentence, or to indicate a character/person trailing off at the end of a sentence. And that's only in Oxford; most other guides mandate ellipses with a space after regardless of the usage.
Basically, using ellipses without a space is only correct in some circumstances, not all of them, and that's only per one style guide — and those circumstances are comparatively rare on the wiki. It's a lot clearer and less confusing to just use a space after all ellipses except those used to indicate a Beat before a sentence.
Edited by RoseAndHeather I serve at the pleasure of President Pritchart.

I vaguely remember there was a discussion a good while ago about whether or not a space should be put after an ellipsis, with the consensus leaning toward the space, if only because it allows proper line breaks.
Well, editor Vulkus had removed all the instances of such spaces in a recent edit for The LEGO Movie. Should that warrant a grammar notice?