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contractions - ea
Posted: Feb 21, 2014
I have noticed SR has begun to put down contractions, i.e., can't, don't. I was taught never use contractions in business writing and legal reports, spell out the word, cannot, do not.
I know - we are wondering
[ In Reply To ..]We're all wondering how it even learned contractions since we aren't supposed to use them.
contractions - mt
[ In Reply To ..]I think it's okay to use them inside quotes, but that's pretty rare.
I think VR is picking up contractions from - cr
[ In Reply To ..]quotes. I do a lot of psychiatric reports as part of my acute care account, and they usually start out with a quotation from the patient using a contraction.
I dont know, but it has started putting - follow-up with a hyphen
[ In Reply To ..]which I just noticed today. May have been doing it for a while, but this is my first time noticing it. It used to just always put "follow up."
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