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is the word "Dextrostix" to be capitalized ? - jeanie

Posted: Aug 19, 2010

When transcribing a dictation, is the word "Dextrostix" to be capitalized ?

I believe so. Had to look it up and it looks like... - mt

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it is a meter for reading a glucose level, so I would capitalize it.

Dextrostix - jeanie

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Thanks--i thought so too--as you can tell, I am a newbie--slightly over halfway in a study-at-home course

Dextrostix - deb

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Yes it is capitalized in Saunders Word Book

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