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Comment by Brenda Rogers on August 22, 2009 at 23:25

I use an apostrophe. It's some colloquial contraction that can't be broken down directly, similar to ain't. Use all's, global it, and forget it. :)

Comment by Cynthia Dunbar on August 22, 2009 at 23:14

Exactly what is the deal with the phrase "All's I know"? I can't figure out if it's "All's I know" or "Alls I know." I have found some information about it on Google, but it only confused me. (Sure -- nice to know it's some bastardization of English via German or Scandinavian syntax, but I just want to know if I need an apostrophe or not.)

http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001253.html

Any thoughts are appreciated!

Comment by Jennie Ann on August 20, 2009 at 6:44

LeAnne, much appreciated. I think I may go with Example A. Thanks!

Comment by LeAnne Law on August 20, 2009 at 5:51

I would go with either A or D. I leave out the comma if they say "hundred." It reads more like what was said.

Comment by Jennie Ann on August 20, 2009 at 5:31

More on number punctuation. When the speaker says "between fourteen and fifteen-hundred widgets," which way would you write it?

Example A. I have 14- to 1500 widgets.
Example B. I have 14- to 1,500 widgets.
Example C. I have fourteen to fifteen-hundred widgets.
Example D. I have fourteen to fifteen hundred widgets.

If you choose Example A or Example B using Arabic numbers, would you omit the comma if the speaker says "fifteen hundred" instead of "one thousand five hundred"?

If you like Example C or Example D, writing out the words, would you use a hyphens to show omission and/or use it as a descriptive adjective on "fifteen-hundred widgets"?

Comment by Jennie Ann on August 7, 2009 at 1:29

Great minds think alike, as they say!

I do it 5- to $600,000. However, LeAnne's "I do it 5- to 600,000 dollars" works for me too. In fact, I think I like LeAnne's the best, having "dollars" set off by itself, since "5-" has no dollar sign by it.

For the dates, I would do it like this: "It was all the way through 2003, '4, and '5."

What I am having trouble with quite often in recent times is numbers under ten and over ten within a sentence. It looks funny to make them all the same, only to have a paragraph or two later in the transcript, they are handled differently.

Example: She bought 4 apples, 12 oranges, and 32 pears.
Example later in transcript: She only kept three apples and two pears.

Comment by LeAnne Law on August 6, 2009 at 20:33

I do it 5- to 600,000 dollars.

Comment by Rosalie DeLeonardis on August 6, 2009 at 19:47

I also do 5- to $600,000.

Comment by Michelle Carrillo on August 6, 2009 at 19:01

That is what I thought, but I just wasn't really sure. Thanks, Kyung.

Comment by Kyung on August 6, 2009 at 18:58

It was all the way through 2003, '4, and '5.

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