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typed as dicated, I can't seem to break it up - dawn

Posted: Feb 08, 2010

She has had bilateral tremors dating back at least a year and a half, when we first saw her in July, and noted a long history of anxiety and Geodon use, the latter starting about 3 months before the tremor, and at the time noticed on exam a 4-extremity tremor, worse right greater than left, a mixed rest and action, with marked rigidity right greater than left, upright gait with some posture instability and a masked facies with a decreased blink rate and a positive Myerson's.

I typed the comma's as dictated.. would it be best to break up this sentence, as it is so long?

typed - 1mt

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If that is how it was dictated, that is how I would type it. Let the dictator see what he/she dictated and how long it is. If they want a change, then they can make a correction.

thanks. it does seem okay, just very long. - dawn

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I never trust the dictator when it comes to - punctuation.

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Accurate punctuation is your responsibility. It's part of your job. The dictators that I have come across, most of the time, don't know a comma from a period.

If I typed a comma every time they told me to, my QA scores would be in the toilet.

trust punctuation - 1mt

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I agree about not "trusting" punctuation from a dictator, but I believe that the sentence referred to made sense, although very long. Of course there are times when the dictator says "period" and then continues on with the same sentence, or says comma in strange places. I have an account where I was told specifically that the doctor will dictate his punctuation and it needs to be typed as dictated, even if it is not proper punctuation.

Punctuating - MT

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If the dictator is doing his or her own punctuating, I just go along with it unless it's way off the wall and the thought isn't getting across. If they're not specifically punctuating, I still try to use punctuation to keep his flow with an even very long sentence, but I do tend to break before he or she might. It's hard to get in trouble for typing as dictated, as long as it's reasonable.

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