Preference Sheet
Name
First Name
Last Name
Email
example@example.com
Phone Number
Please enter a valid phone number.
Format: (000) 000-0000.
Address
Street Address
Street Address Line 2
City
State / Province
Postal / Zip Code
Firm/Court
Audio Preference
Full audio
Spot-check
No audio
Add "SCOPED" to end of completed file name?
Yes
No
Other
Preferred Style Guide
Morson's English Guide for Court Reporters
Court Reporting: Bad Grammar/Good Punctuation
The Gregg Reference Manual
Format
Clean up lawyers and judges? (Choose all that apply)
Yes, for um, uh
Yes, false starts (Did you have -- have you ever seen...)
Yes, for repeated words, stuttering (I went to the -- to the store.)
No, leave everything in (strict verbatim)
Other
Include um, uh for the witness?
Yes
No
Other
Include repeated words for the witness?
Yes
No
Other
Keep partially spoken words?
Yes (What was the last num-)
Yes (What was the last num )
No
Other
Keep words at the beginning of the sentence for judge and attorneys (Choose all that apply)
And
Okay
All right
Well
Now
But
None of the above
Other
Are there any specific words that you omit when spoken and not needed?
That
Just
You know
None of the above
Other
How to handle "strike that" (Choose all that apply)
Remove "strike that" and stricken text
Leave in "strike that" and stricken text
Paragraph after "strike that"
Other
Keep together (Choose all that apply)
Mr., Mrs., Ms., Dr., etc.
No. (number)
Month and day
Other
Center EXAMINATION
Yes
No
Underline EXAMINATION
Yes
No
EXAMINATION format
EXAMINATION; FURTHER EXAMINATION
DIRECT/REDIRECT EXAMINATION; CROSS-/RECROSS-EXAMINATION
Other
Exhibit number format
Exhibit No. 1
Exhibit Number 1
Other
When witness responds after colloquy
THE WITNESS
A
Other
BY line format after examination header
BY MR. JONES: Q.
(BY MR. JONES) Q.
Q. (BY MR. JONES)
Q. (By Mr. Jones)
BY MR. JONES: Q.
Other
BY line format after interruption
BY MR. JONES: Q.
(BY MR. JONES) Q.
Q. (BY MR. JONES)
Q. (By Mr. Jones)
BY MR. JONES: Q.
MR. JONES: Q.
Other
Frequency of BY line (Choose all that apply)
After every interruption (colloquy, recess, discussion off the record, mark document)
Only after longer colloquy (more than two speakers)
After any colloquy
After recess
After discussion off the record
After marking document
Other
Use (indicating) when pointing?
Yes
No
Other
Use (demonstrating)?
Yes
No
Other
Use [sic] when clearly misspoken?
Yes
No
Other
Start a new paragraph for a question after text is read
Yes
No
Other
Use italics for book, journal, magazine titles, case cites?
Yes
No
Other
If you have any additional preferences not covered above or any clarification, please respond below.
Numbers
Spell out numbers one through
nine
ten
Spell out numbers at the beginning of a sentence?
Yes
No
Other
Use numerals for numbers under 11 (or ten) if in a sentence with higher numerals?
Yes (He ate 15 grapes and 3 bananas.)
No (He ate 15 grapes and three bananas.)
Other
Always use numerals for: (Choose all that apply)
Measurements
Percent
Miles per hour
Money
Page, line, exhibit numbers
Other
"Vehicle" and other enumerated items
Vehicle number one
vehicle number one
Vehicle Number 1
Vehicle Number One
Vehicle No. 1
Vehicle No. One
vehicle No. 1
Other
Mixed numbers
five and a half feet
5 1/2 feet
5 and a half feet
five-and-a-half feet
5-and-a-half feet
Other
Phone number format
000-000-0000
(000) 000-0000
000.000.0000
Dates
Slashes (01/01/21)
Dashes (01-01-21)
Use ordinal form of date when spoken (spoken as May 2nd, June 10th, July 3rd, 2021)
Yes (May 2nd, June 10th, July 3rd, 2021)
No (May 2, June 10, July 3, 2021)
Other
Time when "o'clock" is spoken
three o'clock
3 o'clock
3:00
3:00 o'clock
This is the same for hours after 10.
This is not the same for hours after 10.
How to write time when spoken as "I got home at six."
six
6:00
6
Money when "dollars" is spoken
$5 million
5 million dollars
five million dollars
Other
Money when "dollars" is not spoken on the first number but is understood
15 or $20
$15 or $20
15 or 20 dollars
Dollar ranges
1 to $2,000
1- to $2,000
one- to two-thousand dollars
one to two-thousand dollars
Other
Use suspended hyphen with numbers?
1- to 2,000
1 to 2,000
Other
When thousands are spoken as "hundred" (spoken twenty-six hundred)
2,600
2600
Other
Range of years when part is not spoken
2004 or 5
2004 or '5
2004 or -5
2004 or '05
2004 or -05
Decades for age or years written out or numerals? (Choose one for each)
Age - Written out (seventies)
Age - Numerals (70s)
Years - Written out (seventies)
Years - Numerals ('70s)
Preferred format for pain scale
Zero, one to ten (all numbers written out)
Zero, 1 to 10 (zero written out; all other as numerals)
0 to 10 (all as numerals)
Other
If you have any additional preferences not covered above or any clarification, please respond below.
Capitalization
Preference for spelling out names
All caps stitched (A-D-A-M-S)
Initial cap, then lowercase stitched (A-d-a-m-s)
Other
Capitalize with number after? (Choose one for each)
Page; Yes
page; No
Line; Yes
line; No
Paragraph; Yes
paragraph; No
Question; Yes
question; No
Other
Choose your preference
Web site
web site
Website
website
Choose your prefence
Internet
internet
Choose your preference
e-mail
E-mail
email
E mail
Choose your preference
X-ray
x-ray
X ray
x ray
Other
Choose your preference
ZIP Code
ZIP code
Zip code
zip code
Choose your preference
Social Security
social security
Other
Choose your preference
Your Honor
your Honor
Capitalize the "Court" when referring to the present judge
Yes
No
Other
Capitalize "counsel" is used in place of a name
Yes
No
Other
Capitalize "plaintiff" and "defendant"
Yes
No
Other
After dashes, capitalize the next word if it is a full sentence?
Yes
No
Other
When a company name or organization is spoken incorrectly
Capitalize it as spoken
Capitalize only portions of it
Do not capitalize it
Other
If you have any additional preferences not covered above or any clarification, please respond below.
Punctuation
Punctuation with "is that correct/right?"
Semicolon (; is that correct?)
Start new sentence (. Is that correct?)
Punctuation with "correct/right?"
Semicolon (; correct?)
Comma (, correct?)
Start new sentence (. Correct?)
Punctuation with "do you understand/recall?"
Semicolon (; do you understand?)
Comma (, do you understand?)
Start new sentence (. Do you understand?)
"Okay?" at end of sentence
Comma (Speak up a little louder, okay?)
Period (Speak up a little louder. Okay?)
Other
"Okay" in the middle of a sentence
He came home, okay, and then left for work.
He came home -- okay? -- and then left for work.
Other
"Right" in the middle of a question
You were the only one who saw him, right, when he came home?
You were the only one who saw him -- right? -- when he came home.
You were the only one who saw him -- right? -- when he came home?
Other
"My question is" format
My question is, What time did you get home?
My question is What time did you get home?
My question is: What time did you get home?
Other
Response after question with suggested answers
Did you see him at his house, at work, at the restaurant?
Did you see him at his house? at work? at the restaurant?
Did you see him at his house? At work? At the restaurant?
Other
Punctuation with "objection"
Objection, form, foundation.
Objection; form, foundation.
Objection. Form, foundation.
Other
Use a comma after year
June 14, 2021 letter
June 14, 2021, letter
Use Oxford comma (comma before "and")?
Yes (surf, sun, and relaxation)
No (surf, sun and relaxation)
Use ellipses for trailing off?
Yes
No
Other
Use dash if something is completed by another speaker?
Q. You have lived there since -- A. -- the beginning of May.
Q. You have lived there since -- A. The beginning of May.
Other
Choose your preference for the following:
Can you describe what you saw?
Can you describe what you saw.
Could you tell us what that means?
Could you tell us what that means.
Other
List any exceptions to using periods for polite requests, i.e., who speaking/spoken to; can you; could you, etc.
If you have any additional preferences not covered above or any clarification, please respond below.
Quotation Marks
When reading from a document, use a comma before quote?
Yes
No
Use quotation marks for direct quotation such as reading from a document?
Yes
No
Other
Preference for indirect quotation (person recalling a conversation)
Use quotation marks
No quotation marks; use comma before, cap first word
No quotation marks; use comma before, do not cap first word
Other
Format with "entitled"
Document entitled, "Notice of Deposition"
Document entitled "Notice of Deposition"
Document entitled Notice of Deposition
Document entitled, Notice of Deposition
Other
When "quote/unquote" is spoken
Write out words as "quote/unquote"
Use quotation marks along with words "quote/unquote"
Just use quotation marks
Other
If you have any additional preferences not covered above or any clarification, please respond below.
Any additional items to make note of or watch out for?
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