Reporter Preference Survey

Name *

First

Last

Email *

Which resource guide do you prefer? *

Morson's English Guide for Court Reporters
Wells' Bad Grammar/Good Punctuation
Gregg Manual

Any additional resource preference(s)?

Write out numbers one through *

Write numbers that begin a sentence with figures or words? *

Figures
Words

Writing the date with dashes or slashes: *

Dashes (4-19-17)
Slashes (4/19/17)

Writing the date: *

August 21, 2005
August 21st, 2005

When someone spells out a word or name: *

S-M-I-T-H
S-m-i-t-h

Writing percentages: *

40 percent
forty percent

Capitalize "Counsel" if it replaces a name (Can you please repeat that, Counsel/Mike.) *

Yes
No

Comma before the final "too" (I went with him, too) *

Yes
No

Use [sic] when speaker obviously misstates something: *

Yes
No
Yes, but use (sic)

When speaker says "eight o'clock": *

eight o'clock
8 o'clock
8:00 o'clock
8:00

Writing currency: *

$5 million dollars
five million dollars
5 million dollars

Cap the following: North, South, East, West (Up North/up north). *

Yes
No

How would you prefer the answer to a question (Q. Were you there?) *

A: Yes, I was there.
A: Yes. I was there.

Select your preference for "is that correct/right?" *

You didn't run the red light; is that correct?
You didn't run the red light, is that correct?
You didn't run the red light. Is that correct?

Select your preference for "right/correct?" *

You were listening, correct?
You were listening; correct?
You were listening. Correct?

Preference for objections *

Objection: form.
Objection. Form.
Objection, form.
Objection; form.

Select your preference for listing possible answers. *

Did you stay there for two months, six months, two years?
Did you stay there for two months? Six months? Two years?

Select your preference for decades *

'60s
60s
60's
'60's

When full decade is not said *

1986 or 7
1986 or '7
1986 or '87

Commas in a series *

duck, cow, and pig
duck, cow and pig

In a series of numbers, when "dollar(s)" is not said but is understood *

20 or $25
$20 or $25
20 or 25 dollars

After colloquy, when the attorney resumes Q&A *

BY MR. LAWYER (skip line) Q. Did you say that?
Q. BY MR. LAWYER: Did you say that?
Q. (By Mr. Lawyer) Did you say that?

Choose the sample you prefer for specific numbers *

Exhibit Number 5
Exhibit No. 5

How do you prefer specific pages, lines, volumes, sections, etc. be displayed? *

Please choose your miscellaneous preferences: *

Please list any other preferences that you would like to bring to my attention.