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Grzegorz Posted 6 years ago
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Somethin' or somethin
Hello, while reading The Body by Stephen King I noticed that in dialogue he sometimes puts an apostrophe after let's say " f*ckin " and sometimes he doesn't. Is there any difference between for example " somethin' " and " somethin "?
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The standard way to write this kind of abbreviation is somethin' . The apostrophe indicates that a letter had been omitted. somethin is non-standard.
- The standard way to write this kind of abbreviation is somethin' .
- The apostrophe indicates that a letter had been omitted.
- somethin is non-standard.
- Stephen King will never be a success unless he starts to write in a more standard way.
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The standard way to write this kind of abbreviation is somethin'. The apostrophe indicates that a letter had been omitted.
somethin is non-standard.
Stephen King will never be a success unless he starts to write in a more standard way.
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