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Business, Communication, Email Writing, Writing When Symbols Replace Words (Part Two) In our previous post, we looked at some symbols that are often used in place of written words. We highlighted…
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Communication, Editing, Grammar, Writing When Is it Okay to Use Contractions? A contraction is a shortened version of two or more words that have been joined together to form one word….
