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Ellipses

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An ellipsis is a series of dots that usually indicates an intentional omission of a word, sentence, or whole section from a text without altering its original meaning

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Possessive Apostrophe

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used after a non-plural ending in ‘s’ or before a plural’s ‘s’. eg. Beverly Hills’, Dog’s

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Contraction Apostrophe

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Used before a contraction. eg. They’re, can’t

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Interrobang

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Question mark and apostrophe used together. used in a question with exclamation.

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