PREFERENCES QUESTIONNAIRE

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Reporter Name:  ________________________  Address: ____________________________
Phone Number: _________________________ Email: _______________________________
Name of Agency (if any): _______________________________________________________

PLEASE CHECK ALL THAT APPLY:
Reporter Type:  
	____ Freelance
	____ Federal
	____ State

Style Guide Preference:
	____ Morson’s English Guide for Court Reporters by Lillian Morson (LMEG)
	____ The Gregg Reference Manual
____ Court Reporting:  Bad Grammar/Good Punctuation by Margie Wakeman       Wells
	____ Other

Byline Formatting:  (After colloquy)
	____  BY MS. ATTORNEY
	           Q.
	____  Q:  (By Mr. Attorney)
	____ Other:  ____________________________________________________________

Decades:
	____ 70’s
	____ ‘80s
	____ 90s

Dates:
	____ 6/12/20
	____ 6-12-20
	____ Other:  _______________________
	____ April 2021
	____ April, 2021
	____ July 4, 2010, agreement.
	____ July 4, 2010 agreement.
	____ Other:  _______________________

General Preferences:
	____ Clean up attorney (non-video only)
	____ Clean up expert witness (non-video only)
	____ Leave in “strike that”
	____ New paragraph after “strike that”
	____ (indicating) when witness points
	____ A. for when witness responds after colloquy
	____ THE WITNESS:  for when witness responds after colloquy
	____ Spaces before and after dashes
	____ Caps after dashes
	____ Ellipses
	____ Add [sic] after speaker clearly misspeaks
Direct Quotation Marks:
	____ Yes
	____ No

Capitalize Page 1, Line 1, Paragraph 1, Section 1, etc.:
	____ Yes
	____ No

Exhibit Numbers:
	____ Exhibit No. 1
	____ Exhibit Number 1
	____ Exhibit Number One
	____ Other

Commas:
	____ Cats, dogs, and horses
	____ Cats, dogs and horses

Right/Correct/Is that correct:
	____ You were there, correct?
	____ You were there; correct?
	____ You were there.  Correct?

Dollars:  (When money is not mentioned on first number but is clearly understood)
	____ 10 or $15 dollars
	____ $10 or $15 dollars
	____ 10 or 15 dollars
	____ ten or 15 dollars
	____ Other: _____________________________________________________

Numbers:
	____ Write out in words 1 through 10
	____ Write 11 and up in numerals (unless at the beginning of a sentence.)
	____ Exceptions:  Miles per hour, measurements, parts of title
	____ Maintain consistency in the sentence
	____ Other:  ______________________________________________

Time of Day – if “o’clock” is said:
	____  four o’clock
	____ 4 o’clock
	____ 4:00 o’clock
	____ 4:00

Time of Day – if “p.m.” is said:
	____ 4 p.m.
	____ 4:00 p.m.

Objections:
	____ Objection, form.
	____ Objection; form.
	____ Objection.  Form.
	____ Other:  __________________________________________________

Please List Your Commonly Used Parentheticals:  ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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