Reporter Preference Sheet

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Name* This field is required.

First Name

Last Name

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Email* This field is required.

example@example.com

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State or province* This field is required.

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What is your preferred dictionary?* This field is required.e.g., Merriam-Webster

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Which style guide do you use?* This field is required.

Morson's English Guide for Court Reporters (Lillian Morson)

Bad Grammar/Good Punctuation (Margie Wakeman Wells)

The Gregg Reference Manual (William A. Sabin)

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Spell out number one through:* This field is required.

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Date format* This field is required.

MM/DD/YYYY

MM-DD-YYYY

DD/MM/YYYY

DD-MM-YYYY

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Date format* This field is required.(partial year)

'94/'95

'94, '95

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Dates where "ninety" is not stated* This field is required.

1994 or 5

1994 or '5

1994 or -5

1994 or '95

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Dates where "two thousand" is not stated* This field is required.

2004 or 5

2004 or '5

2004 or -5

2004 or '05

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Time format when the speaker says "o'clock"* This field is required.

5:00 o'clock

five o'clock

5 o'clock

5:00

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Currency* This field is required.

$2 million

$2 million dollars

2 million dollars

two million dollars

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When "dollars" is not mentioned on the first number but is clearly understood* This field is required.

30 or $40

$30 or $40

30 or 40 dollars

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Ages* This field is required.

Spell out numbers under 10 and use figures for numbers 10 and over (a six-year-old; a 12-year-old)

Spell out all ages (a six-year-old; a twelve-year-old)

Use figures for all ages (a 6-year-old; a 12-year-old)

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Percentages* This field is required.

Spell out percentages under 10 and use figures for percentages 10 and over (six percent; 12 percent)

Spell out all percentages (six percent; twelve percent)

Use figures for all percentages (6 percent; 12 percent)

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Comma before the last item in a series* This field is required.

I value prompt communication, reliable turnaround, and excellence.

I value prompt communication, reliable turnaround and excellence.

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Comma before the final "too"* This field is required.

I was there, too.

I was there too.

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Commas with the throwaway word "like"* This field is required.

They were, like, right there.

They were like, right there.

They were like right there.

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"v", "v.", or "versus"* This field is required.

Roe v Wade

Roe v. Wade

Roe versus Wade

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Spelling out names or words* This field is required.

S-M-I-T-H / T-A-B-L-E

S-m-i-t-h / t-a-b-l-e

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Capitalize "Counsel" when used in direct address?* This field is required.e.g., Please repeat that, Counsel.

Yes

No

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Capitalize "Plaintiff" and "Defendant":* This field is required.(select all that apply)

when referring to the parties in the case at hand

when used in direct address (e.g., "Please repeat that, Plaintiff.")

when it precedes the name (e.g., "Plaintiff John Smith is here today.")

never

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Punctuation in a multiple-choice question* This field is required.

Are we talking about a year before you quit? Six months? Two weeks? Twenty-one days?

Are we talking about a year before you quit? six months? two weeks? twenty-one days?

Are we talking about a year before you quit, six months, two weeks, twenty-one days?

Other

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Punctuation in closely related questions* This field is required.

What about Dr. Jones? Did he ever place you on any restrictions?

What about Dr. Jones -- did he ever place you on any restrictions?

What about Dr. Jones; did he ever place you on any restrictions?

What about Dr. Jones, did he ever place you on any restrictions?

Other

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Punctuation for an incomplete sentence followed by a question* This field is required.

The accident that you had -- when did that take place?

The accident that you had, when did that take place?

Other

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Punctuation for "is that correct?" or "is that right?"* This field is required.

You are leaving tomorrow; is that correct?

You are leaving tomorrow, is that correct?

You are leaving tomorrow. Is that correct?

Other

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Punctuation for "correct?" or "right?"* This field is required.

You are leaving tomorrow; correct?

You are leaving tomorrow, correct?

You are leaving tomorrow. Correct?

Other

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Objection in colloquy* This field is required.

Objection; form.

Objection, form.

Objection. Form.

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Specific pages, lines, or sections* This field is required.

Page 10, Line 20

page 10, line 20

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Exhibit numbers* This field is required.

Exhibit No. 4

Exhibit Number 4

Other

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Use of quotation marks* This field is required.(select all that apply)

when reading directly quoted material

when referring to words as words (e.g., Please explain what you mean by "dangerous.")

in sentences like this one: It's better to say "I don't know" than to guess.

rarely, not even in directly quoted material

Other

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Nonverbal "yes"* This field is required.

mm-hmm

um-hum

uh-huh

Other

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Nonverbal "no"* This field is required.

uh-uh

huh-uh

unh-unh

Other

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Question mark or period with polite requests* This field is required.

Could you please state your name for the record?

Could you please state your name for the record.

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Fractions* This field is required.

always hyphenated (e.g., three-quarters of the apple)

only hyphenated as an adjective, never as a noun (e.g., three quarters of the apple)

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Please enter any other preferences.