Ellipses written two ways
ellipsis-consistencyon by default (info)Japanese / English
An ellipsis written two ways in one document, such as "..." and "…"
Example
How to fix
Match the way the rest of the document writes it.
Why it matters
An ellipsis written as "..." in some places and "…" in others makes the reader wonder whether the difference means something, and makes the document look pasted together; a search finds only one kind. chaff does not pick a side; it points at the way the document uses less.
What it does not flag
Code is not read. A longer run of dots ("....") is not counted, since its form is unclear. When the less common way is over a third, or the two are equally common, the document is read as using both on purpose.
Turning it off or relaxing it
Technical details
- Layer
- L2
- Status
- stable
- Severity
- info
- Languages
- Japanese and English
- Suited to
- business, technical, blog, legal, docs, academic, literature, speech
Levels
Set a level for this rule under rules in chaff.yaml. With nothing set, it runs at the level its genre gives it (see By genre below).
| strict | reported while the less common way is at most 49% of the ellipses |
|---|---|
| normal | reported while the less common way is at most 34% of the ellipses |
| relaxed | reported while the less common way is at most 20% of the ellipses |
By genre
- Runs by default in
- technical/spec, technical/readme, blog/tech, blog/essay, blog/owned-media, business/proposal, business/report, business/email, business/press-release, business/meeting-notes, legal/contract, legal/statute, legal/judgment, legal/patent, docs/manual, docs/faq, docs/glossary, academic/paper, literature/fiction, literature/essay, literature/poetry, literature/play, speech/address, speech/transcript
Message
The ellipsis "{written}" here, where the document usually writes "{usual}" ({count} of {of})
Rewrite depth (chaff fix-plan --depth): light — words and sentences; the structure and the voice stay
Sources
This page is built from the rule's definition file:packages/chaff/rules/ellipsis-consistency.yaml