Cluster 1 direct entry 12 related

Words like “Ellipsis”

The pairs and near-pairs that trip people up around Ellipsis. Start with the direct confusables — then follow the thread through the same tag.

i · Direct pairs1 pair

Three dots, not four.

ii · Follow the thread By tag

Entries in the same category — pick one if the main cluster didn't land.

Possessive versus contraction — a rare case where no apostrophe wins.

Possessive versus contraction.

A pronoun versus its possessive.

Semicolon before "however" joining clauses.

Same semicolon rule.

Two clauses run together.

Before the final AND.

Singular names ending in S.

Before the noun, use hyphens.

Different widths, different jobs.

Overused irony.

US: double primary. UK: single primary.

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