@gailcalled
You’d truly say that the primary objective of standard English is ‘to enlighten the reader’?
In my mind, if that was indeed the primary goal, than it seems awfully inconsistent in its spelling rules.
Language is a living model, not a frozen code set in stone. It is made and changed by the people that use it and that particle use of three dots is quite common. The international English is different from the one taught in the US or in Brittain. The usage of English has become so widespread, though, that no single country or group can claim to own it anymore.
There are so many people on this forum for which English isn’t their first language. We should every now and then be in awe of how well we all communicate.
That being said… Of course you’re right.