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Rule changed? - no name

Posted: Jun 29, 2011

murmurs, gallops, or rubs OR murmurs, gallops or rubs?

I am old school and taught that the first is correct, but I waste a huge amount of time and keystrokes correcting this and other instances like this. I looked at the AAMT link, but really didn't get a sufficient answer if the second is OK to leave as that is the preferred way ASR puts it; however, every grammar site I looked at online puts the additional comma in.

Doesn't matter what you put, QA will change it - to the other anyway

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rule changed? - kittykat

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Yeah, ASR does not put the extra comma in and I AM NOT going to put it in. My CCM said pretend ASR has no brain, duh! It puts a contrast agent with no cap in the body and capitalizes it later, go figure. And sometimes it puts left-sided fracture in one spot and left sided fracture in another spot. And I have a verbatim (spelling?) accout and ASR sometimes puts in There is bla bla bla when it definitely not dictated, so I have to take it out. It sucks. I have been doing ASR for about 3 years and it still makes the same mistakes.

Here is what I found in BOS 2 (page 90 PDF version) - JAZ

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"Using a final comma before the conjunction preceding the last item in a
series is optional unless its presence or absence changes the meaning.

Ears, nose, and throat are normal. (final comma optional)

No dysphagia, hoarseness, or enlargement of the thyroid gland. (final
comma required)"

The results showed blood sugar 46%, creatinine and BUN normal. (no
comma after creatinine)

Hope that helps. Personally, I always add the last comma because it just does not look right otherwise to me as I am old school also, drives me nuts. When I asked QA about it, she said either way is acceptable and she would not mark against the last comma on an audit.

It seems to be dependent on company preference. - X

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The company I work for wants the final comma in a series included, while other MTSOs may choose to leave it out.

Yeah, really no right or wrong, just how the - JAZ

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client/facility/MTSO wants it done and different depending on who you work for. The client/company I work for goes by the BOS, other companies I have worked for do not use the BOS and have their own rules. Like I said, really no right or wrong way, just have to adjust to each new employer's way of doing things to stay working.

That is why I posted this on the MedQuist - board, but Moderator

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moved it. I don't want MedQuist QA to ding me on an audit, but thanks ya'll.

I always add the commas! - Shipwrecked

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It doesn't look right without it, and I'm paid per character!

Those little commas add up over the course of - JAZ

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of a day and I certainly take advantage of every little character I can get, LOL. ASR leaving out that last comma drives me insane, so I probably would put it in regardless.

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