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dr. starts with a number at the beginning, does this look right? - dawn


Posted: Nov 05, 2009

Sixty percent of the symptoms are on the right, relative to 40% on the left.

Number - MT17

[ In Reply To ..]
Yes that is right. Good job.

Numbers sm - babs

[ In Reply To ..]
That is the correct way to type the sentence but I've always had trouble figuring out a solution when a doctor dictates like that. I was taught to always be consistent. If you use sixty percent one time, you should use forty percent the next and vice versa--60% and 40%. When a number begins a sentence, I was taught that it should be restructured because one should never begin a sentence with a number. "Verbatim" has made this solution obsolete; however, I would have tried to change the sentence to--On the right, symptoms are 60%, relative to 40% on the left. If verbatim, the way you have it has to do. ;-)


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