The anti-ellipsis?

Having a texting conversation with a new friend, and one of the topics is grammar and punctuation (don’t laugh; some of us find it interesting). I gave a brief disquisition on the ellipsis. The next day (after thinking about it), she said “The ellipsis seems to be about leaving: leaving things off, leaving things out… Is there a mark about coming back?” I didn’t have an answer for that. Do you?

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