There would be no comma after the name - Old Anon. SM

Posted: Jan 24th, 2020 - 5:51 am In Reply to: Question on style plz :) - Kitty

unless there was a parenthetical phrase following the name as in "Steven Smith, MD, (we dropped the periods in MD years ago)an orthopedist, saw the patient on Friday. Commas around 'an orthopedist' as the parenthetical phrase. I think your QA is confused. I'm going to do a quick search, but I don't remember using a comma ever in that situation.

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Question on style plz :) - Kitty (Views: 540, 2020-01-23, 6:26 pm)
- you're worried about style using "plz"? - nm (Views: 361, 2020-01-23, 8:35 pm)
  - Personally, I think your remark is - out of line. (Views: 478, 2020-01-24, 5:43 am)
    - Thank you - Kitty (Views: 489, 2020-01-24, 6:50 am)
    - Impersonally, I don't - think it was. (Views: 430, 2020-01-24, 12:00 pm)
      - It's called short cutting, what's odd about it? That's how I transcribe - using short cuts all day long, nm (Views: 236, 2020-01-29, 9:07 am)
        I hope you don't mean you use shortcuts - in the actual report (Views: 282, 2020-01-30, 5:09 am)
        Don't be silly with all that. I'm a transcriptionist of 35 years - of course I know how to type, sm (Views: 292, 2020-01-30, 8:30 am)
  - Really? - Kitty (Views: 431, 2020-01-24, 6:47 am)
- There would be no comma after the name - Old Anon. SM
  - Thx - Kitty (Views: 524, 2020-01-24, 6:44 am)
    - We use commas to set off titles, i.e., MD, APRN, etc. - sm (Views: 407, 2020-01-24, 9:30 am)
      - Basic English rules, don't know what AAMT guidelines are - nm (Views: 485, 2020-01-24, 9:52 am)
      - Why would you people dislike basic English rules? - nm (Views: 279, 2020-01-29, 9:05 am)
        Because a majority of transcriptionists have no clue about English and grammar - nm, (Views: 260, 2020-01-29, 9:29 am)
        How did you come up with the majority of - MTs have no clue (Views: 356, 2020-01-29, 5:52 pm)
        If you did or do QA, then you would have that opinion. - nm (Views: 338, 2020-01-30, 8:34 am)
        I have done some QA but still don't see a - total lack of knowledge (Views: 373, 2020-01-30, 9:20 am)
        It has been both older and younger for me. - sm (Views: 342, 2020-01-30, 9:29 am)
        I work with some ladies who always type "The patient will follow up with myself on" blah, - no knowledge of me, myself, and I, nme (Views: 324, 2020-02-06, 7:48 am)
        Nobody here said they disliked basic - English rules (Views: 258, 2020-01-29, 5:44 pm)
        We used commas to set off titles. That one, basic English rules - and it was disliked, nm (Views: 263, 2020-01-30, 8:32 am)
        Oh, you mean they clicked the Dislike - button on a post (Views: 271, 2020-01-30, 9:13 am)
  - I never dropped periods. - nm (Views: 451, 2020-01-24, 10:17 am)
  - Checked the Blue Book of Grammar and - Old Anon. SM (Views: 432, 2020-01-24, 2:47 pm)
    - Wow - Kitty (Views: 341, 2020-01-26, 1:18 pm)
    - Just - cruising by (Views: 254, 2020-02-02, 9:53 pm)
      - Another great reference - Old Anon. SM (Views: 366, 2020-02-03, 5:37 am)