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Comment by kathy - iamwrdsmth on March 6, 2009 at 13:33

all right I've got a question for your punctuation masters:

when you have a question the ends in "right" and you put a semi-colon
in front of it; right?

what about when it is a statement not a question?

Those distributions; right. comma or semi-colon??

thanks,
kathy

Comment by Brenda Rogers on February 21, 2009 at 8:54

When I was talking about being endorsed, I meant in reference books. LMEG shows "three" for "arriving at three." With that, you can't even go to TPTB and say, hey, look, times have changed!

Rhoda, I've heard of writing out all numbers. Makes no sense to me, and if I had to change my dictionary to accommodate that . . . well, I'm just glad I call the shots. :)

Comment by Rhoda Collins on February 21, 2009 at 5:37

Thanks Brenda, yes still endorsed by my firm to spell it out. I know another one that has "all" numbers spelled out regardless of how they are used. Except maybe dates? I didn't work there so I don't know for sure how that works.

Comment by Brenda Rogers on February 20, 2009 at 18:57

3:00 would be easily found, especially in a word index. 3:00 o'clock is redundant. I show all time in digits. Having the word three spelled out isn't helpful at all in trying to find something and I'm surprised it is still endorsed for reporters.

I use 3:00 for both three o'clock and three -- as in I was there at three or I was there at three o'clock. Finding it easily on the page or in an index is the reason I changed from using 3 o'clock.

Comment by Rhoda Collins on February 20, 2009 at 16:55

If you are doing a word index, it would be found easier that way for the atty....it is not grammatically correct...the secretary would probably catch it and chuckle....they do that, ya know, lol. I worked in a law firm.

Comment by kathy - iamwrdsmth on February 19, 2009 at 16:42

thanks Rhoda,
I agree with you, but I am wondering
when an attty is "scanning" the transcript wouldn't
they rather see 3:00 o'clock so that they can find it faster?
kathy

Comment by Rhoda Collins on February 19, 2009 at 13:10

#3 is saying: three o'clock o'clock....#1 is how our firm does it. #2, you want to spell out the 3. No expert, but what we do, lol!

Comment by kathy - iamwrdsmth on February 19, 2009 at 12:41

Hi, Group,
I've got a question I know you've all been faced with and me too!

but after doing some thinking about it, I am starting to question my
justifications for doing it this way.

what is the correct way to put this in a transcript:

He was there at three o'clock.

He was there at 3 o'clock.

He was there at 3:00 o'clock.

I would choose the last one, but upon reflection, I think the first one.
now I'm not sure.

any comments??

kathy

Comment by kathy - iamwrdsmth on January 25, 2009 at 16:22

great comment, Veronica, thanks for the refresher
course! I like your "style" and I will apply the 'paragraphing' the next time I do a transcript.
it really makes sense!
thanks,
kathy

Comment by Veronica Kubat on January 24, 2009 at 7:19

I use a semicolon before [is that] right and [is that] correct. "is that" is implied, thus making it a complete sentence requiring a semicolon instead of a comma.
As for paragraphing the [implied or not] is that right or correct, if the is that correct relates to a complete paragraph with more than one thought or sentence in it, I paragraph it. If it relates only to the prior sentence, I usuallly don't.
In other words, if the attorney is asking if what he said before is correct and what he said before covers more than one thought or sentence, I paragraph it. You kind of have to be there. It usually refers to when they actually say Is that correct? as opposed to just Correct? But sometimes it happens.

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