A Cambridge academic claims to have found the first use of a 'brilliant innovation' that has endured as a mark of incomplete speechOne of the earliest examples of the ellipsis, that tantalising piece of punctuation masterfully used to whet the appetite of Adele fans on Sunday night, has been traced to the 16th century by a Cambridge academic.Dr Anne Toner believes she has identified the earliest use of the ellipsis i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06AM on October 20, 2015