From 05badefa85417088eb78b0d947b7b61ccd05f543 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?benjamin=20melan=C3=A7on?= Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2020 09:11:32 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Remove suggestion that replacing letters with apostrophes be done for humor --- content-style-guide.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content-style-guide.md b/content-style-guide.md index 9d7453f..e83c0b0 100644 --- a/content-style-guide.md +++ b/content-style-guide.md @@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ The apostrophe’s most common use is making a word possessive. If the word alre The doughnut thief ate Sam’s doughnut. The doughnut thief ate Chris’s doughnut. The doughnut thief ate the managers’ doughnuts. -Apostrophes can also be used to denote that you’ve dropped some letters from a word, usually for humor or emphasis. This is fine, but do it sparingly. +Apostrophes can also be used to denote that you’ve dropped some letters from a word, usually to match spoken language— an unofficial contraction*. This is fine, but do it sparingly. **Colons** Use a colon (rather than an ellipsis, em dash, or comma) to offset a list.