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Use of ' to indicate missing letters/text
You can write
this ol' man 'ere
when you mean
this old man here
But can the ' be used to indicate whole missing sentence parts?
For example:
'been a pleasure!
for
It's been a ...
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What’s the usage of apostrophes in “ ‘Bye, ‘bye ”?
I’d like to know what effect an apostrophe has which is before a word and doesn’t work as an omitter. (Not like C’mon or ‘Course, but like ‘bye, ‘bye.)
I have three questions as follows, but any ...
