A number of dots, usually three, which are used to show that something has been missed out from a sentence. They have two main uses:
 To reduce the length of a quotation, and/or to cut it down to its essentials:
Endearing anecdotes about the great man follow, the sort that ‘cling … to all really great journalists’.
 In Direct speech to show that the speaker did not complete what he or she was saying:
‘I really have to sit down’.
‘Just see if you can go a little …’
Zero collapsed.
Some writers prefer to use a Dash for this purpose:
‘I really have to sit down’.
‘Just see if you can go a little –‘
Zero collapsed.
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