Reporter Preferences
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First Name
Last Name
Phone Number
Email
Preferred communication method
Phone
Text
Email
Your time zone
Eastern
Central
Mountain
Pacific
Arizona
Alaska
Hawaii
Preferred reference guide(s)
Morson's English Guide for Court Reporters
Court Reporting: Bad Grammar/Good Punctuation
Gregg Reference Manual
One Word, Two Words, Hyphenated?
Chicago Manual of Style
Merriam-Webster Unabridged
Google
Other (please check box & add specifics at the end of the form)
Numbers
Generally spell out numbers one through . . .
nine
ten
ninety-nine
Other (please check box & add specifics at the end of the form)
Use figures at the beginning of a sentence
Never; always spell out in words
Percents (7 percent, 32 percent)
Over 10 (72 people were there.)
Over 99 (250 people were there.)
Long numbers (7,214 licenses were issued.)
Dates and addresses
Other (please check box & add specifics at the end of the form)
Dates, years, and decades
January 2008
January, 2008
May 5, 2019 is the date of the accident.
May 5, 2019, is the date of the accident.
5/12/67 slashes
5-12-67 hyphens
the '90s
the '90's
the 90's
the 90s
the nineties
'98-'99
'98/'99
'98, '99
1995 or '6
1995 or -6
1995 or 6
1995 or '96
Other (please check box & add specifics at the end of the form)
Time
A.M. / P.M.
a.m. / p.m.
7 a.m. / A.M.
7:00 a.m. / A.M.
I got there at seven.
I got there at 7:00.
I got there at 7.
Other (please check box & add specifics at the end of the form)
"Seven o'clock"
seven o'clock
7 o'clock
7:00
7:00 o'clock
Other (please check box & add specifics at the end of the form)
Money
$4 million
4 million dollars
four million dollars
15 or 20 dollars
15 or $20
$15 or $20
Other (please check box & add specifics at the end of the form)
Grades in school
first grade
First Grade
1st grade
1st Grade
Other (please check box & add specifics at the end of the form)
Hyphens between inch-and-a-half when NOT modifying a noun?
Yes
No
Exhibit numbers
Exhibit No. 5
Exhibit Number 5
Other (please check box & add specifics at the end of the form)
Other numbers
page 2
Page 2
page two
Page Two
page 10, line 20
Page 10, Line 20
Volume No. 5
Volume Number 5
3 percent
three percent
5 inches
five inches
Other (please check box & add specifics at the end of the form)
Grammar and Format
Oxford/serial comma?
Yes (red, green, and blue)
No (red, green and blue)
Other (please check box & add specifics at the end of the form)
Spelling out names and words
S-M-I-T-H
S-m-i-t-h
C-A-T
c-a-t
Other (please check box & add specifics at the end of the form)
Comma before final "too"
Yes (He went with us, too.)
No (He went with us too.)
Other (please check box & add specifics at the end of the form)
Nonwords for "yes" and "no"
uh-huh
uh-uh
huh-uh
um-hmm
mm-hmm
hmm-mm
Other (please check box & add specifics at the end of the form)
Use quotation marks around
Titles of works (I read "The Scarlet Letter" in high school.
Quoted material (The form says, "Do not write above this line.")
Foreign words (He said it was "muy importante."
Words being defined (When you say "sometimes," how often do you mean?)
Direct discourse (She said, "I don't know.")
Titles of forms
Never
Other (please check box & add specifics at the end of the form)
When "quote" is said
No quotation marks and lowercase (He said, quote, give it to me.)
No quotation marks and uppercase (He said, quote, Give it to me.)
Always use quotation marks (He said, quote, "Give it to me.")
Other (please check box & add specifics at the end of the form)
Elliptical questions
Are we talking about a year? six months? two weeks?
Are we talking about a year? Six months? Two weeks?
Are we talking about a year; six months; two weeks?
Are we talking about a year, six months, two weeks?
Other (please check box & add specifics at the end of the form)
"My question is . . . "
My question is why did you say that?
My question is, why did you say that?
My question is, Why did you say that?
My question is: why did you say that?
My question is: Why did you say that?
Other (please check box & add specifics at the end of the form)
Keep-together preferences
Keep first and last names on same line
Keep Mr./Ms./Dr. and name on same line
Keep date on same line (January 1)
Year okay on next line (January 1, 2021)
Keep month and year on same line (January 2021)
Keep numbered exhibits on same line (Exhibit No. 1)
Don't let a dash start a new line
Other (please check box & add specifics at the end of the form)
Use [sic] when speaker clearly misstates a name or date, etc.
Yes
No
Transcript Specifics
Cap "Counsel" if it can replace a name (Repeat that, Counsel)
Yes
No
Cap "Plaintiff" and "Defendant"
Always
Never
When referring to the case at hand (Yes, I know the Plaintiff.)
If it can replace a name (Please hand that to Plaintiff.)
Preceding a name (This belongs to Defendant Williams.)
Other (please check box & add specifics at the end of the form)
Is that right/correct
You are leaving tomorrow, is that right?
You are leaving tomorrow; is that right?
You are leaving tomorrow. Is that right?
Other (please check box & add specifics at the end of the form)
Right/correct at the end of a question
You are leaving tomorrow, right?
You are leaving tomorrow; right?
You are leaving tomorrow. Right?
Other (please check box & add specifics at the end of the form)
Other phrases at the end of a question
You must tell the truth, do you understand?
You must tell the truth; do you understand?
You must tell the truth. Do you understand?
He didn't go, did he?
He didn't go; did he?
He didn't go. Did he?
Other (please check box & add specifics at the end of the form)
Objections
Objection, form.
Objection; form.
Objection. Form.
Objection, form, asked and answered.
Objection; form, asked and answered.
Objection. Form, asked and answered.
Objection. Form; asked and answered.
Objection. Form. Asked and answered.
Other (please check box & add specifics at the end of the form)
New paragraph
After "strike that"
After an objection
When changing who is being spoken to
Other (please check box & add specifics at the end of the form)
When the witness responds after colloquy
A.
THE WITNESS:
Other (please check box & add specifics at the end of the form)
After colloquy, the attorney resumes Q&A
BY MR. ATTORNEY: Q. Did you say that?
Q. (BY MR. ATTORNEY) Did you say that?
Q. Did you say that?
Q. BY MR. ATTORNEY: Did you say that?
Other (please check box & add specifics at the end of the form)
Miscellaneous
Internet, website, email
Internet
internet
website
web site
Web site
email
e-mail
E-tran
E-tran
E-Tran
e-tran
eTran
Other (please check box & add specifics at the end of the form)
X-ray, x-ray
Always capped
Always lowercase
X-ray when noun or adjective
x-ray when verb
No hyphen
Other (please check box & add specifics at the end of the form)
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