Use of Ellipsis and how to space correctly

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What is the difference between three and four period ellipses in modern fiction writing and how are these spaced on a line of writing?
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Use a four‐dot ellipsis if you are omitting the last part of a quoted sentence that ends in a period, but the remaining words are still a complete thought. The first dot comes immediately after the sentence and functions as a period. The following three dots are spaced and indicate that material has been omitted.
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