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Re:Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job? by wolverine876 on Saturday April 17, 2021 @12:07AM (#26841499)
> 1. don't terminate sentences with .. or ...

Why not? 'Do you prefer C or Rust?' 'Would you like paper or plastic?' Perhaps I misunderstand.

Re:Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job? by fuzxi on Saturday April 17, 2021 @12:47AM (#26841643)
Not sure where you got the question marks from, but he's talking about ellipses (two or three periods in a row, like '...'). It's actually a stylistic choice and there's nothing inherently wrong with using it, but it is generally considered unprofessional and overuse is extremely annoying for readers.
Re:Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job? by wolverine876 on Sunday April 18, 2021 @02:27PM (#26854968)
I misunderstood what the GGP was referring to. As far as I know, ending a sentence with ellipses is considered improper English except for some special cases.