Reporter Grammatical Preference Sheet
Worksheet for scopists and proofreaders (Sample 2)
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What do you prefer?

Where did you work when -- Strike that. Where are you working?

Where did you work when -- strike that. Where are you working?

Where did you work when -- strike that -- where are you working?

Where did you work when -- strike that -- Where are you working?

Where did you work when -- Strike that -- Where are you working?

Where did you work when -- strike that. (new paragraph) Where are you working?

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You went home; correct?

You went home, correct?

You went home; right?

You went home, right?

You went home; isn't that correct?

You went home, isn't that correct?

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I mean you went home after the party?

I mean, you went home after the party?

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My question is: Why did you do that?

My question is, why did you do that?

My question is why did you do that.

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Your May 5th, 1996, letter.

Your May 5th, 1996 letter

Your May 1995 letter.

Your May, 1995, letter.

Your May 1995, letter.

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Dates:

1/5/96

1-5-96

01-05-96

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Commas in a series:

apples, oranges and pears

apples, oranges, and pears

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What, if anything, is wrong.

What if anything is wrong.

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Did he, in fact, threaten you?

Did he in fact threaten you?

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Time of day:

(If witness says, "I got home at six.")

I got home at six.

I got home at 6:00 o'clock.

I got home at 6.

I got home at 6:00.

(If witness says, "I got home at six o'clock.")

I got home at six o'clock.

I got home at 6:00 o'clock.

I got home at 6 o'clock.

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Page No. 1

page No. 1

Page Number 1

page number one

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Exhibit No. 1

Exhibit Number 1

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I bought 10 skinny goats and 4 fat hens.

I bought 10 skinny goats and four fat hens.

I bought ten skinny goats and four fat hens.

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That happened in the '70s.

That happened in the seventies.

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A.  Forty miles an hour.

A.  40 miles an hour.

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Q.  How old are you?

A.  37

A.  Thirty-seven.

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Do you use inaudibles such as:

uh-huh

huh-uh

shhhh

huh?

um

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Objection, irrelevant

Objection; irrelevant

Objection. Irrelevant

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Q. Okay.

So you went home immediately?

Q. Okay. So you went home immediately?

Special thanks to Martha Ventimiglia, CSR, for providing this sample worksheet.



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