Why are … (three dots) get smaller?

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  tbuko · Member · Dec 8, 2012 at 9:17 pm

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  Whenever I type ‘…’ (three dots), they become smaller than ‘.’ (a single dot). If I type …. (four dots), the first three get smaller. But ‘..’ (two dots), they stay as big as one dot. All I want is that the three dots I type keep stay as big as one dots.
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  timethief · Member · Dec 8, 2012 at 9:22 pm

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  The ellipses … has a specific meaning.
  In formal writing, the most common way to use an ellipsis is to show that you’ve omitted words.
  In blogging ellipses … means click to read the full post.
  Note also that these brackets {} have s specific meaning in computer programming language and you are using them inappropriately as well.

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  tbuko · Member · Dec 8, 2012 at 9:37 pm

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  Yes, that’s what I want to show by typing the three dots (like when someone is talking and someone else cuts in). So is there a way to keep the dots’ size still the same as when I only type one dor/

  About {}, does that mean that you recommend me not to use it? In the EGP post, I use them ( “[ ]” and “< >”) to indicate different talkers.

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  timethief · Member · Dec 8, 2012 at 9:39 pm

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  I don’t know of a way to deal with the size issue.
  I recommend that you don’t use any special characters at all. Instead I recommend using conventional punctuation and grammar.

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  tbuko · Member · Dec 9, 2012 at 8:33 am

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  I use “..” (double dots) now.
  And “{{ }}” instead of “{ }”.
  Hope this won’t conflict with programming language. :)
  Thank you timethief.