Questions I Have For Anyone With the Knowledge

January 31, 2008 at 8:34 am (1) (, , , , , , , )

Okay, I’m a little confused on some things. Apparently I haven’t been keeping up because nowadays you’re supposed to only have one space after a sentence. Who knew? As long as I’ve ever been typing, it’s been second nature to always put two spaces behind a sentence. Who went and changed this on me? Why did no one tell me?

I’m also kind of confused as to different preferences that people have when I’m transcribing things for them. Some prefer alright and others prefer all right. Some want dashes and some want ellipses. Some want parentheses and others want brackets. I wish there was some universal transcription bible. It really would help all of us who just want to satisfy their clients.

I’m asking for a little guidance here. What do you prefer? What are the rules on all these little quirks? I’d love to get some feedback.

Thanks for reading!

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