Editing Ellipsis (section)

====British English====
''The [[Hart's Rules|Oxford Style Guide]]'' recommends setting the ellipsis as a single character {{char|…}} or as a series of three (narrow) spaced dots surrounded by spaces, thus: {{char|{{nbsp}}.{{thinsp}}.{{thinsp}}.{{nbsp}}}}. If there is an ellipsis at the end of an incomplete sentence, the final full stop is omitted. However, it is retained if the following ellipsis represents an omission between two complete sentences.<ref>''New Hart's Rules: The Oxford Style Guide''. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.</ref>

<blockquote><poem>The ... fox jumps ...
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ... And if they have not died, they are still alive today.
It is not cold ... it is freezing cold.</poem></blockquote>

Contrary to ''The Oxford Style Guide'', the ''University of Oxford Style Guide'' demands an ellipsis not to be surrounded by spaces, except when it stands for a pause; then, a space has to be set after the ellipsis (but not before), and it states that an ellipsis should never be preceded or followed by a full stop.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxford/University%20of%20Oxford%20Style%20Guide%20%28updated%20Hilary%20term%202016%29.pdf | title = University of Oxford Style Guide: Hilary term 2016 | location = Oxford |publisher = University of Oxford | date= 2016 | page=15 |access-date= 18 May 2017}}</ref>

<blockquote><poem>The...fox jumps...
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog...And if they have not died, they are still alive today.
It is not cold... it is freezing cold.</poem></blockquote>