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Know that word contractions are a feature of informal language and that apostrophes of contraction are used to signal missing letters (ACELA1480)

Elaborations
  • recognising both grammatically accurate and inaccurate usage of the apostrophe in everyday texts such as signs in the community and newspaper advertisements
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
ScOT terms

Apostrophes (Punctuation)

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