Dots - the punctuation mark designating an unfinished thought. Most often occurs in art texts. Graphically the dots represent three consistently located points without gaps.
In a basic course of syntax the due attention is not paid to dots. And meanwhile this punctuation mark plays a large role in texts of literary works. It can be used in the most various situations. For example, if the author wants to show that the hero is not self-assured, or has such defect of the speech as stutter, then it enters into the speech of the character of dots: "Mercy attention of your excellency... sort of reviver... It here, your excellency … son my Nafanail... wife Louise, Lutheran, to some extent..." (A.P. Chekhov). Sometimes the dots act as a peculiar graphic euphemism. It hides impartial information which, as a rule, from a context is clear to all, but its scoring is not desirable. For example: (source text) This dissolute woman lost any shame. (neutral option) This … the woman lost any shame. The dots are irreplaceable also at creation of such literary reception as open final. In the story by V. Rasputin "Money for Maria" the narration comes to an end as follows: "Here it also arrived - pray, Maria! Now will open for him …". Here to the reader free rain is given to a thought. Writers use dots as a divider when parceling offers. Many rhetorical questions come to an end with dots too. Besides art functions the dots have also a practical scope. It is put at the beginning of the paragraph or the head, indicating that a certain part in the text is passed. With the same purpose the dots can be located also in any part of the text where there is an admission. But in this case it will be placed in round or triangular brackets. In the didactic literature specializing in learning languages, the dots are put to the place of the passed spelling pattern. And pupils have to enter the necessary letter on this place.