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Contractions in a quote? - Learning
Posted: Oct 05, 2010
If the Dr. is quoting somebody else and uses a contraction, do you transcribe verbatim or expand the contraction. Ex: ...she got the advice to "don't be on it that much". Do I leave it don't or change it to do not?
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[ In Reply To ..]If it's a quote, you should transcribe verbatim.
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