modify util functions to allow apostrophes

tmpfile

-this is a aubsmission with some spelling errors thrown in and grammaris not so great eithwer i dont think its very good .
+I didn't know
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util_functions.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def sub_chars(string):
     Removes all non-punctuation, digit, or letter characters.
     Returns sanitized string.
     """
-    sub_pat = r"[^A-Za-z\.\?!,]"
+    sub_pat = r"[^A-Za-z\.\?!,';:]"
     char_pat = r"\."
     com_pat = r","
     ques_pat = r"\?"