28584
I have a question pertaining to the following line in a manga.

> いや実【じつ】は最近【さいきん】下【した】の名前【なまえ】で呼【よ】び合【あ】う事【こと】に **なって** よ

The speaker just called his girlfriend by her first name, and this surprises
someone. That person then asks about it, and the speaker is explaining it to
that person.

What confuses me is the て form ending the sentence. What would be the
difference between 「なって」 and 「なった」 here?

I am fairly confident that this is not a request or command. If something is
being omitted, I am not sure what it could be.

There have been other circumstances, though never in formal written material.
In conversation, are sentences perhaps occasionally ended in the て form out of
carelessness?

I would appreciate any help understanding this.
CC BY-SA 3.0
2015-10-09T23:20:40.957
28577
2015-10-10T12:18:50.787
2015-10-09T23:36:00.437
11104
9838
question
grammar meaning て-form
Ending sentences with the て form
It's not so much by carelessness as constructive intention or sense. It keeps
the sentence unfinished and can attract the listener's attention by making
him/her wonder what happens then.

However, in this case, I guess what's omitted here is what the speaker said
before the example sentence, in short, the te form stands for causal
relationship between the omitted part, which should be the preceding remark.
CC BY-SA 3.0
2015-10-10T12:18:50.787
28584
2015-10-10T12:18:50.787
4092
28577
answer