Occasional character voice in my novel includes 'em for them, 'sides for besides, etc.
E.g.
"No. 'Sides, can't afford 'em."
Does the apostrophe curve toward the letters like a c, or away from the letters like a close-parenthesis? I can't find a decent font here to illustrate the point.
(I see it's not consistent in my manuscript. Apparently Word is not my friend.)
ETA: Google says make them look like a 9 every time, never a 6, if they are representing missing letters. I'll go with that, and sorry for spamming the basic question board...
E.g.
"No. 'Sides, can't afford 'em."
Does the apostrophe curve toward the letters like a c, or away from the letters like a close-parenthesis? I can't find a decent font here to illustrate the point.
(I see it's not consistent in my manuscript. Apparently Word is not my friend.)
ETA: Google says make them look like a 9 every time, never a 6, if they are representing missing letters. I'll go with that, and sorry for spamming the basic question board...
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