Well, truthfully, that could be either an extraneous apostrophe before a
period, or it could be an ellipsis that didn't scan well. I'd say the chances
are about 50/50.
Sandi
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I've pasted the sentence: I could just see my books slither helterskelter on
the floor, see my sixth-grade reader flutter open and the picture of Blake that
I'd cut from last year's class pictures slide out, and see Blake pick it up and
know'.
It may just be a fleck. I was thinking someone might recognize it as a scanno
meant to be something specific, but if not, I'll just delete it and end with a
period.
Thanks,
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Kristen
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be the end of something a character is quoting? I normally see that
apostrophe after the period, but I think I may have seen that in a
British book once or twice. Otherwise I'd think, as Evan said, that it
might have been a fleck of something on the page when it was scanned.
Sandi
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Hi again--
When there is an apostrophe right before a period at the end of a
sentence, is it supposed to be an ellipsis or just one period with no
apostrophe? Or, is there a reason to have this punctuation?
Thanks so much,
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Kristen
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