Transcript proofreaders will normally suggest using four figures and removing the colon from what is often mistakenly called “military time.” And the common references support that suggestion.
Are Dog Breed Names Capitalized?
One question I see fairly often in proofreader, court reporter, and writing-related Facebook groups is Are dog breeds capitalized?
The short answer is, “it depends.”
Brand Names, Registered Trademarks and Service Marks to Capitalize
As proofreaders, we look for issues that both the court reporter and scopist missed. This helps ensure the finished transcript product is as polished as possible.
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Letter-for-Letter Spellings
Letter-for-letter spellings are common in proceedings. Hyphenate letter-for-letter spellings. Here are a few things to remember.
Is it Until, Till, or ‘Til?
Don’t you hate when you are 100% sure about some little language tidbit—even going so far as to “help” complete strangers on the internet correct their misuses—and you turn out to be 100% wrong in your own understanding of it?
Are You Grammando? Or Grammateur?
Are you the punctuation police? A grammar artist? A spellot? A grammando?
One paragraph. Sixty words. How many errors do you count? Hint: There are more than 5 and fewer than 20.
How good are you at spotting errors? Test yourself. Can you find all the errors in the text below?
Is it Koran, Quran, or Qur’an?
We’ve seen the sacred text of Islam spelled several different ways. Which is correct?
Before we get to that, remember that that sacred works are proper nouns and are capitalized.
Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) Captioning Compared to Human Stenographic Captioning
There’s been some buzz about the prospect of automatic speech recognition replacing human court reporters. Someday? Of course! But anytime soon? For that answer, check out this video posted on Feb. 13, 2019, by Dee Boenau.
Watch this video on YouTube.
Free Resource Link: 99 Punctuation Rules for Court Reporters Videos
Ken Wick subscribes to the idea that 80% of the questions about punctuation in a court reporter’s transcript are covered by 20% of the material in Morson’s, Gregg and/or Bad Grammar/Good Punctuation.
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Yes, You Can Save Mike from Embarrassing Himself
One challenge I face as a transcript proofreader is in writing my website.
My audience is made up of other spelling, usage, and punctuation experts: court reporters, scopists, proofreaders, and prospective proofreaders.
This audience makes writing and posting anything a truly nail-biting experience for me.
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