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Correcting grammar - Vikefantam
Posted: Feb 05, 2010
Do you correct the dictator's grammer?
My 12 year old niece just recently corrected my mom when my mom said she was laying in bed. Taylor went on to explain the difference between laying and lying. I learned that in school but certainly had forgotten that rule.
When the dictator says "The patient is laying in bed", do you correct it to lying?
Just curious. I've had no complaints and I hate sending out dictation with grammatical errors.
grammar - justme
[ In Reply To ..]No I don't correct; I type what they say.
Grammar - Vikefantam
[ In Reply To ..]And you know what? They deserve it if the report sounds stupid but I'm afraid they'll think I typed it wrong and I'll get blamed.
I always do correct it - - MTMom
[ In Reply To ..]We have the okay to correct the grammar, at least on my accounts. I think you should, and that the dr. would appreciate having the grammar correct, esp. when sending cc's to other drs.
MTMom - Vikefantam
[ In Reply To ..]I wonder if they do appreciate it, though. The cc doctor would probably appreciate having a legible report but who knows if the dictating doc even knows what he is saying is gramatically incorrect? *Sigh*. I'm hardly perfect but I did have a good eduction in high school, so my grammar ain't 2 bad. ;-)
yes, I correct it to "lying," even if it is verbatim! Blatant error - yes
[ In Reply To ..]nm
I MUST correct blatant grammar and spelling errors, verbatim accounts - nomsg
[ In Reply To ..]nm
Grammar - SM
[ In Reply To ..]I fix sentence structures too, as long as it in no way changes the meaning. Because you know who will ultimately get blamed if the report shows up with bad grammar? Us. Poop rolls downhill and we often seem to be at the receiving end. Boy, I miss working for hospitals. I love working from home but the hospitals treated MTs so much better in my experience
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