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TV's Frink
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Opening Crawl Omnibus
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Date created
6-Oct-2010, 5:31 PM

I always thought an ellipsis at the end of a sentence replaced the period, totalling three dots.

Keep in mind the source.

In syntax, an aposiopesis arises when the 'if- clause' or protasis of a condition is stated without an ensuing 'then- clause' or apodosis. Because an aposiopesis implies a trailing off of thought, it is never followed by a period, which would effectively result in four dots.