Asked by Makayla
What should be applied to words that are shortened or clipped in dialectal speech?
parentheses
quotation marks
hyphen
apostrophe
italics
capitalization
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Apostrophe.
Use an apostrophe to mark the omitted letters in clipped or dialectal speech (e.g., "goin'" for "going", "'cause" for "because", "'tis" for "it is"). The other options (parentheses, quotation marks, hyphen, italics, capitalization) are not the standard way to show dropped sounds.
Use an apostrophe to mark the omitted letters in clipped or dialectal speech (e.g., "goin'" for "going", "'cause" for "because", "'tis" for "it is"). The other options (parentheses, quotation marks, hyphen, italics, capitalization) are not the standard way to show dropped sounds.
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