Timeline for Is using an apostrophe for omission more correct than not? [duplicate]
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| Feb 5, 2017 at 18:25 | comment | added | Robbie Goodwin | When my teachers told me - and they did, often - ‘The exam board won’t like things such as that’ I might ask for clarification but that would be from them, not another party who wouldn’t be up to speed with the board’s style. Then rather than argue, I asked for as much more information about other ‘things such as ’ to steer clear of as I could extract… | |
| Jan 23, 2017 at 10:11 | comment | added | None | There's no way one can compare a mandatory elision as it the case in French when a word ending in a e caduc is omitted if the following word begins with a vowel sound, and English contracted forms that are optional in certain contexts. | |
| Jan 23, 2017 at 1:45 | history | closed |
Drew Scott - Слава Україні tchrist♦ |
Duplicate of Using contracted forms ("don't", "let's") in a formal text | |
| Jan 22, 2017 at 20:56 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jan 22, 2017 at 20:38 | comment | added | Drew | Use whatever style guide your organization prescribes. If you have no such organization and no style guide, do whatever you like. Primarily opinion-based, on either an individual basis or among style guides. | |
| Jan 22, 2017 at 20:03 | vote | accept | George Willcox | ||
| Jan 22, 2017 at 20:02 | answer | added | farhang | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 22, 2017 at 19:44 | comment | added | Jim | Most style guides for formal writing say to avoid contractions because they are too informal. | |
| Jan 22, 2017 at 19:43 | review | First posts | |||
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| Jan 22, 2017 at 19:40 | history | asked | George Willcox | CC BY-SA 3.0 |