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Contact Information and Manual Preference
Your Name
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Your answer
E-mail Address
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Any other form of contact, and let me know if it is preferred over contact through e-mail:
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Your preferred reference manual(s)
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Morson's English Guide for Court Reporters, Second Edition
The Gregg Reference Manual, Tenth Edition
Court Reporting, Bad Grammar/Good Punctuation
Chicago Manual of Style
AP Stylebook
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Preferences for Numbers and Dates
Spell out number one through _____
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Write numbers that begin sentences in figures or words?
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Figures
Words
Percentage formatting:
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10 percent
ten percent
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Grade formatting:
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first grade
First Grade
1st Grade
1st grade
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Measurement formatting:
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5 inches
five inches
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When referring to Exhibit #s:
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Exhibit Number 10
Exhibit No. 10
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Choose the sample below that you prefer on specific pages, lines, sections, etc.:
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Page 10, Line 20
page 10, line 20
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Choose the sample below that you prefer on specific volume numbers, etc.:
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Volume No. 5
volume number 5
Volume Number 5
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If witness says "two million dollars":
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$2 million
two million dollars
2 million dollars
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Choose the sample below in dealing with money when $ is not mentioned on the first number, but it is clearly understood:
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10 or $15
$10 or $15
10 or 15 dollars
Other:
If witness says "eight o'clock":
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Eight o'clock
8:00
8 o'clock
8:00 o'clock
Other:
Slashes or dashes in date:
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4/17/07
4-17-07
Other:
On dates that a person is trying to get out (but doesn't say the ninety), choose the sample below that you prefer:
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1995 or 6
1995 or '6
1995 or '96
Other:
Choose date form you prefer:
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January, 1999
January 1999
Other:
Choose preference below when referring to decades:
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'90's
90's
90s
'90s
Other:
If two different years are mentioned:
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'98/'99
'98, '99
Other:
Punctuation Preferences
Dashes between inch-and-a-half.
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Yes
No
Comma before final "too." (He went with us, too.)
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Yes
No
Choose the comma series that you prefer:
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dog, cat and horse
dog, cat, and horse
Choose the sample below that you prefer in an answer to a question:
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Yes, I was there.
Yes. I was there.
Comma before because:
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I went to the store, because I needed milk.
I went to the store because I needed milk.
Other:
Preference for "so":
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I'm leaving soon, so we should talk now.
I'm leaving soon; so we should talk now.
Choose your preference below on a sample question asked:
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Are we talking about a year before you quit? Six months? Two weeks? 21 days?
Are we talking about a year before you quit, six months, two weeks, 21 days?
Other:
Choose your preference for "correct" or "right" at the end of a question:
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You are leaving tomorrow, correct?
You are leaving tomorrow; correct?
You are leaving tomorrow. Correct?
Choose your preference for "is that correct" or "is that right" at the end of a question:
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You are leaving tomorrow, is that correct?
You are leaving tomorrow; is that correct?
You are leaving tomorrow. Is that correct?
Choose your preference at the end of a question:
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You must tell the truth, do you understand?
You must tell the truth; do you understand?
You must tell the truth. Do you understand?
Capitalization and Transcript Formatting
Cap the following: North, South, East, West (go North)
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Yes
No
Other:
Spell out words in CAPS or lower case , W-I-T-H dashes, WITHOUT dashes
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EXAMPLE
example
E-X-A-M-P-L-E
e-x-a-m-p-l-e
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Plaintiff/Defendant
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Capitalize in all instances
Capitalize only when referring to the case at hand
Never capitalize
Only capitalize when it can be replaced by a name (Example: Defendant brought these papers.)
Other:
Capitalize "Counsel" if a name can be replaced. (Repeat that, Counsel/Lisa.)
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No
Do you like [sic] to be written in the transcript when the speaker is clearly misstating a name or date, for instance?
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Yes
No
Yes, but use parenthesis (sic)
After colloquy, the attorney resumes his Q&A, which do you prefer:
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BY MR. LAWYER: (Q & A resume on next line)
Q. BY MR. LAWYER: Did you say that?
Q. (By Mr. Lawyer) Did you say that
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Choose objection preference in colloquy:
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Objection, form.
Objection; form.
Objection. Form.
Keep names and dates on the same line or wrap around:
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Same line
Wrap around
Other:
Parenthetical formatting:
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Miscellaneous Preferences
Word formatting
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Web site
web site
website
Word formatting
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X-ray
x-ray
Other:
Word formatting:
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e-mail
email
Nonverbal responses:
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Um-hum
Mm-hmm
Uh-huh
Uh-uh
Other:
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