Huh? Who's an English Major? I only know that I and at least one other are Engineering Majors.
Yeah, I am lost too. I mean, I write stories and such, but that does not make me an English Major... Hell, I am still a Freshmen in high school!
...Doesn't make me any less of a grammar Nazi though.
The ... is called an ellipsis.
Not sure what the apostrophe is, but emphasis on a pronounciation of a syllable is called inflection.
Yes the ". . ." are called ellipsis points, generally indicating that the thought was in some way interrupted.
The apostrophe, in it's purest form, is used to indicate the omission of letters in a commonly accepted word. (ie: goin' instead of going) However, if the apostrophe appears directly above a given letter it is called and "accent" that is use to convey the stress given to that letter, for example -- café, which according to the normally accepted rules of phoenics should be pronounced as "kayph," and not "kah-FAY."
Hey guys I know you all english majors and stuff so I need 2 answers.
... <=== WHat is the term for that. three periods indicating deep thought
Ra'chele: What is the name of the apostraphe that inidcates strong pronauciation of the syllable.
There you go guys